Job 4:5
But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast confirmed the feeble knees.
6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?
Cross References
Job 1:11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 3:25For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, and that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
2 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Hebrews 12:5and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of 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 →