Job 4:3
Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
In Context
4Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke
Ezra 6:22and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy. For LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
Isaiah 50:4Lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Luke 22:32but I prayed for thee, so that thy faith may not fail. And thou, when thou have returned, strengthen thy brothers.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:2-7
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the… Read the whole commentary →