Job 4:2
If anyone tries to speak with you, will you be impatient? 1 But who can stop himself from speaking? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
In Context
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 1
3See, you have instructed many; 1 you have strengthened weak hands. 1
Cross References
Job 32:20I will speak so that I may be refreshed; 1 I will open my lips and answer. 1
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, 'I will not think about Yahweh anymore. I will not speak any longer in his name.' 1 Then it is like a fire in my heart, held within my bones. So I struggle to contain it but I cannot. 1
2 Corinthians 2:4For I wrote to you from great affliction, with anguish of heart, and with many tears. I did not want to cause you pain. Instead, I wanted you to know the depth of the love that I have for you.
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 →