Job 4:5
But now it is come to you, and you faint.It touches you, and you are troubled.
New Heart English Bible
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 firm the feeble knees.
6Isn't your piety your confidence?Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
Cross References
Job 1:11But put forth 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 do not faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,"My son, do not 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 →