Job 4:5
But now the scourge has overcome you, and you falter. It has touched you, and you are disturbed.
Catholic Public Domain 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
4Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees.
6Where is your reverence, your fortitude, your patience, and the perfection of your ways?
Cross References
Job 1:11But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face.”
Job 3:25for the terror that I feared has happened to me, and so has the dread befallen me.
Job 19:21Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
Proverbs 24:10If you despair, being weary in the day of anguish, your strength will be diminished.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked 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 →