Job 4:3
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?
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.
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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 ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Read in contextProverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Read in contextHebrews 12:12
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Read in contextLuke 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Read in contextJob 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Read in contextEphesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Read in contextLuke 22:43
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
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