Job 4:5

But now you're the one suffering and you're upset.

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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 advice has helped those who are stumbling not to fall, and you have strengthened those whose knees are weak.

6Wasn't it your reverence for God that gave you confidence and your integrity that gave you hope?

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Cross References

Job 1:11But if you reach out and take everything he has, he will definitely curse you to your face.”

Job 3:25For all that I feared has happened to me; everything that I dreaded has come upon me.

Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!

Proverbs 24:10If you give up in times of trouble, it shows how weak you are.

2 Corinthians 4:16So we don't give up. Even though our physical bodies are falling apart, our inner selves are being renewed daily.

Hebrews 12:5Have you forgotten God's appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don't treat the Lord's discipline lightly, and don't give up when he corrects you either.

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 →

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