Job 4:3

Lo! thou hast taught full many men, and thou hast strengthened hands made faint.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

In Context

2If we begin to speak to thee, in hap thou shalt take it heavily (or perhaps thou shalt take it personally); but who may hold (back) a word (once) conceived?

4Thy words have confirmed men doubting, and thou hast comforted knees trembling. (Thy words have confirmed men who were doubting, and thou hast strengthened trembling knees.)

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Cross References

Genesis 18:19For I know that Abraham shall command his children, and his house (hold) after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, and that they do rightfulness and doom, that the Lord bring for Abraham all things which he spake to Abraham, (or and that they do what is right and just, so that I shall bring to Abraham all the things that I have promised him).

Ezra 6:22And they made the solemnity of therf loaves seven days in gladness (or And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy); for the Lord had made them glad, and had turned the heart of the king of Assur to them, (so) that he would help their hands in the work of the house of the Lord God of Israel.

Proverbs 10:21The lips of a just man teach full many men; but they that be unlearned shall die in neediness of heart. (The lips of the righteous teach a great many people; but they who be ignorant, shall die without any understanding.)

Proverbs 16:21He that is wise in heart, shall be called prudent; and he that is sweet in speech, shall find greater things. (He who is wise in heart, shall be called prudent; and he who useth sweet, or pleasant, speech, shall increase his knowledge or shall help others to learn.)

Isaiah 50:4The Lord gave to me a learned tongue, that I know how to sustain him by (a) word that failed; early the father raiseth [up], early he raiseth [up] an ear to me, that I hear as a master. (The Lord gave me a learned tongue, so that I know how to sustain with a word him who faileth; early the Father raiseth up, yea, early he raiseth up an ear for me, so that I might hear like a master.)

Luke 22:32but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and thou sometime converted [or and thou converted sometime], confirm thy brethren, (or and after thou hast returned to thy right mind, that thou strengthen thy brothers).

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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