Job 4:5
But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.
6Is not, thy reverence, thy confidence? And is not, thy hope, the very integrity of thy ways?
Cross References
Job 1:11But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.
Job 3:25For, a dread, I dreaded, and it hath come upon me, and, that from which I shrank, hath overtaken me.
Job 19:21Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
Proverbs 24:10Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.
2 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore we faint not, but, even if, our outer man, is decaying, nevertheless, our inner [man], is renewing day by day.
Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, with you as with sons, doth reason:—My son! be not slighting the discipline of the Lord, neither be fainting, when by him, thou art reproved;
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 →