Job 26:2
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
Noyes Bible
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 the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
Cross References
Job 6:12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh brass?
Job 12:2No doubt ye are the whole people! And wisdom will die with you!
Job 27:12Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, And confirm the tottering knees!
Isaiah 41:5Distant nations saw it, and were afraid; The ends of the earth, and trembled; They drew near, and came together.
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 →