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V ers. 10. — Rugitus leonis, et vox leaenae, et dentes catulorum leonum contriti sunt. 38. Dura in Job Eliphaz verba. — Quid enim ru- gitum leonis appellat, nisi, ut paulo ante praemisi- mus, severitatem viri? quid vocem leaenae, nisi loqua- citatem conjugis? quid dentes catulorum leonum, nisi edacitatem prolis? Quia enim filii convivantes exstincti sunt, dentium expressione signantur. Quae cuncta dum contrita Eliphaz rigidus exsultat, quasi jure damnata denuntiat. Cujus adhuc duritiam incre- pationis ingeminat, cum subjungit:
Verse 10. — The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the lions' whelps are broken. 38. Eliphaz's harsh words against Job. — For what does he call the roaring of the lion, but, as we have set forth a little before, the severity of the man? What the voice of the lioness, but the loquacity of the wife? What the teeth of the lions' whelps, but the devouring appetite of the offspring? For because his sons, while feasting, were destroyed, they are signified by the expression of teeth. All which things, while the rigid Eliphaz exults that they are broken, he denounces as though justly condemned. Whose hardness of rebuke he yet redoubles, when he adds:
第十節。——獅子的吼叫、母獅的聲音、小獅子的牙齒都被折斷了。三十八。以利法對約伯嚴厲的話。——他所謂獅子的吼叫，若非如我們稍前所述，指這人的嚴厲，還能是甚麼呢？母獅的聲音，若非指妻子的多言，還能是甚麼呢？小獅子的牙齒，若非指兒女的貪食，還能是甚麼呢？因為他的兒女在宴飲時被毀滅，故以牙齒的措辭來表示。當剛硬的以利法為這一切被折斷而歡躍時，他彷彿宣告這些是理當被定罪的。他責備的剛硬還加倍，當他補上說：