Job 16:5

And would there were strength in my mouth, 1 And I would not spare the movement of my lips. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

In Context

4I also will speak as ye do: 1 If indeed your soul were in my soul’s stead, 1 Then would I insult you with words, 1 And I would shake my head at you. 1

6For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: 1 And if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less? 1

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Cross References

Job 6:14Mercy has rejected me; 1 And the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. 1

Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief, 1 And dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.

Proverbs 27:9The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: 1 But the soul is broken by calamities. 1

Isaiah 35:3Be strong, ye relaxed hands and palsied knees.

Matthew Henry on Job 16:2-6

The Reply of Job to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly… Read the whole commentary →

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