Job 26:2

מֶה ־ עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא ־ כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא ־ עֹֽז ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

In Context

1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

3מַה ־ יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:27וַיְהִי בַֽצָּהֳרַיִם וַיְהַתֵּל בָּהֶם אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר קִרְאוּ בְקוֹל ־ גָּדוֹל כִּֽי ־ אֱלֹהִים הוּא כִּי שִׂיחַ וְכִֽי ־ שִׂיג לוֹ וְכִֽי ־ דֶרֶךְ לוֹ אוּלַי יָשֵׁן הוּא וְיִקָֽץ ׃

Job 6:12אִם ־ כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִֽם ־ בְּשָׂרִי נָחֽוּשׁ ׃

Job 12:2אָמְנָם כִּי אַתֶּם ־ עָם וְעִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָֽה ׃

Job 27:12הֵן ־ אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה ־ זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ ׃

Isaiah 35:3חַזְּקוּ יָדַיִם רָפוֹת וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת אַמֵּֽצוּ ׃

Isaiah 41:5רָאוּ אִיִּים וְיִירָאוּ קְצוֹת הָאָרֶץ יֶחֱרָדוּ קָרְבוּ וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן ׃

Matthew Henry on Job 26:2-5

Job's Reproof of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his… Read the whole commentary →

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