Job 4:2

הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

3הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק ׃

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Cross References

Job 32:20אֲדַבְּרָה וְיִֽרְוַֽח ־ לִי אֶפְתַּח שְׂפָתַי וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה ׃

Jeremiah 20:9וְאָמַרְתִּי לֹֽא ־ אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ וְלֹֽא ־ אֲדַבֵּר עוֹד בִּשְׁמוֹ וְהָיָה בְלִבִּי כְּאֵשׁ בֹּעֶרֶת עָצֻר בְּעַצְמֹתָי וְנִלְאֵיתִי כַּֽלְכֵל וְלֹא אוּכָֽל ׃

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 →

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