Job 26:2
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
In Context
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
Cross References
1 Kings 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: 'Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.'
Job 6:12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.
Isaiah 41:5The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:2-5
Job's Reproof of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his… Read the whole commentary →