Job 16:5

I could make you determined, by my mouth, and then my lip-solace should restrain you.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4I also, like you, could speak,—If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.

6Though I do speak, unassuaged is my stinging pain,—And, if I forbear, of what am I relieved?

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Cross References

Job 6:14The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.

Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sat chief,—and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.

Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands,—The trembling knees, make ye firm:

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 →

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