Job 4:3
For whereas thou hast instructed many, and hast strengthened the hands of the weak one,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
In Context
2Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?
4and hast supported the failing with words, and hast imparted courage to feeble knees.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
Ezra 6:22And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.
Proverbs 16:21Men call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.
Isaiah 50:4+ 50:4 Gr. the Lord the Lord. See on 3 Kings 8. 53.The Lord even God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:
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 →