Job 16:5
אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ ־ פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
6אִֽם ־ אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא ־ יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה ־ מִנִּי יַהֲלֹֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Job 6:14לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֽוֹב ׃
Job 29:25אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם ׃
Proverbs 27:9שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח ־ לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵֽעֲצַת ־ נָֽפֶשׁ ׃
Isaiah 35:3חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּֽצוּ ׃
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 →