The writer uses parallelism in these verses, conveying a single idea using different statements to emphasize God's destruction of wicked people. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions—they are broken. ##

Eliphaz uses the picture of a lion's roaring, voice, and teeth being broken as an image of the wicked being destroyed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## they are broken ##

"something breaks the teeth of the young lions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## The old lion perishes for lack of victims; the cubs of the lioness are scattered everywhere ##

Eliphaz uses the picture of an old lion dying of hunger and of a lion's family being scattered as metaphors for the wicked being destroyed.

## are scattered ##

"something scatters the cubs of the lioness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])