Job 4:4
Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
In Context
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 25:11[As] apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
2 Corinthians 2:7so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief.
1 Thessalonians 5:14But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.
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 →