Job 4:3
Behold, thou hast admonished many; Thou hast strengthened feeble hands;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
In Context
2If one attempt a word with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
4Thy words have upheld him that was falling, And thou hast given strength to feeble knees.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many; But fools die through want of wisdom.
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called intelligent, And sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the learned, That I might know how to strengthen with my words them that are weary; He wakeneth me every morning, He wakeneth mine ear, That I may hear in the manner of the learned.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And do thou, when thou hast returned to me, strengthen thy brethren.
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 →