Job 4:5
But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
In Context
4The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.
6Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope — the perfection of thy ways?
Cross References
Job 1:11The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath — if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'
Job 3:25For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
Job 19:21Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
Proverbs 24:10Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
2 Corinthians 4:16wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
Hebrews 12:5and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, 'My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by 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 →