Job 4:3

Hinei, thou hast instructed rabbim (many), 1 and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

In Context

2If we attempt a davar with thee, wilt thou be offended? 1 But who can withhold himself from speaking? 1

4Thy words have upheld him that was falling, 1 and thou hast strengthened the feeble birkayim (knees). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall be shomer over the Derech Hashem, to do tzedakah and mishpat; that Hashem may bring upon Avraham that which He hath spoken [promised] of him.

Ezra 6:22And kept the Chag Matzot seven days with simchah; for Hashem had made them joyful, and turned the lev Melech Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the Beis Elohim, Elohei Yisroel.

Proverbs 10:21The sfatayim (lips) of the tzaddik feed rabbim (many), 1 but fools die for lack of lev. + 10:21 of chochmah 1

Proverbs 16:21The chacham lev shall be called prudent, 1 and the sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) adds to learning. 1

Isaiah 50:4Adonoi Hashem hath given Me + 50:4 Moshiach; see 2Sm. 7:5 ; Zech. 3:8 and Isa 52:13 1 the leshon limmudim + 50:4 see 8:16 (learned tongue of disciples), 1 that I should know how to speak a devar (word, i.e., word of consolation) in season to him that is weary; 1 He wakeneth baboker baboker (morning by morning), 1 He wakeneth Mine ozen (ear) 1 to hear as the limmudim (disciples, those being taught). 1

Luke 22:32But I davened for you, that your emunah may not fail: and when you have made teshuva, give chizzuk to your Achim b'Moshiach.

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 →

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