Job 4:5
But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.
6Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Cross References
Job 1:11But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 3:25For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.
Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?
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 →