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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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Lions as Powerful People
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the lions in this verse are not literal animals. Instead, Eliphaz uses them as a powerful metaphor for cruel, tyrannical, and powerful people. He is making a poetic argument that God brings judgment upon these 'lion-like' individuals who prey on others.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The roaring of the lion - This is evidently a continuation of the argument in the preceding verses, and Eliphaz is stating what he had obser…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion , &c.] Which Aben Ezra interprets of God himself, who is c…
Eliphaz argues,
That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked ([Reference Ec…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz accused Job of impatience, taking his opportunity from what Job had said—Before I eat, I sigh (Job 3:24)—he now …
