Job 4:5
Yet now, when it cometh to thee, thou art wearied: it toucheth even thee, and thou art terrified.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.
6Is not then thy fear of God still thy confidence, thy hope equal to the integrity of thy ways?
Cross References
Job 1:11But stretch only forth thy hand and touch all that he hath, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
Job 3:25Because what I greatly dreaded is come upon me, and what I apprehended is come unto me.
Job 19:21Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Proverbs 24:10If thou despond on the day of distress, thy strength is small.
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 →