Job 4:5
But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Your words have supported him who was falling, you have made the feeble knees firm.
6Isn’t your piety your confidence? Isn’t the integrity of your ways your hope?
Cross References
Job 1:11But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
Job 3:25For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
Job 19:21“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
Proverbs 24:10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
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 →