Job 26:2
What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
In Context
1And Job answereth and saith: —
3What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:27And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, 'Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'
Job 6:12Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
Job 12:2Truly — ye [are] the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Job 27:12Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.
Isaiah 41:5Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.
Matthew Henry on Job 26:2-5
Job's Reproof of Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? One would not have thought that Job, when he was in so much pain and misery, could banter his friend as he does here and make himself merry with the impertinency of his… Read the whole commentary →