Job 4:3
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
4 Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
5 But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- KJV
- Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- WEB
- Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
- ASV
- Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- DARBY
- Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
- BLB
- Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened hands [that are] weak.
- ÅB
- Du har selv vist mange til rette, og maktløse hender styrket du;
- OTB
- Tenk på hvordan du har lært mange,
og hvordan du har styrket svake hender. - B1930
- Du har selv vist mange til rette, og maktløse hender styrket du;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Read in contextProverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
Read in contextHebrews 12:12
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Read in contextLuke 22:32
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Read in contextJob 16:5
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
Read in contextEphesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read in contextLuke 22:43
Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:28
But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
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