Job 4:3
Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
In Context
4Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
Ezra 6:22And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, that he should help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord the God of Israel.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
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 →