Job 16:5

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

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In The King James Version

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

In Context

4It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

6If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

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Cross References

Job 6:14He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

Job 29:25I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Isaiah 35:3Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

Matthew Henry on Job 16:2-6

The Reply of Job to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly… Read the whole commentary →

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