Job 16:5

But, unlike all of you, with what I said [MTY] I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less.

Translation for Translators

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

4If it were you three and not I who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches to criticize/condemn you, and I could shake my head at you to ridicule you.

6“But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.

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Cross References

Job 6:14“When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him, even if he stops revering Almighty God.

Job 29:25I was their leader, and I decided what things would be good for them to do; I was among them like [SIM] a king who is among his troops; I was like someone who comforts others who are mourning.”

Proverbs 27:9Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.

Isaiah 35:3So, encourage those who are tired and weak.

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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