Job 4:2
If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
In Context
1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Cross References
Job 32:20I will speak, that I may find relief; I will open my lips and answer.
Jeremiah 20:9And if I say: 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name', then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I weary myself to hold it in, but cannot.
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 →