Job 16:5

Job 16:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
• New International Version (NIV)But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

Context of Job 16:5

3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 4I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you. But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief. 6Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? 7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

Job 16:5 word by word

אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ־פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃Read the interlinear

• strengthenאָמֵץ'âmats · to strengthenH553
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193

Cross-references for Job 16:5

• Job 4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
• Job 6:14To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
• Job 29:25I chose out their way, and sataschief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
• Psalms 27:14Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
• Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
• Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
• Galatians 6:1Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Commentaries on Job 16:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I would strengthen you with my mouth - Mr. Good translates thus: - "With my own mouth will I overpower you, Till the quivering of my lips shall fail;" for which rendering he contends in his learned notes. This translation is countenanced by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5(But I would strengthen you with my mouth With that which proceeds from the mouth - words. And the moving of my lips - My speaking - implying that it would have been done in a mild, gentle, kind manner - so that the lips would appear just to move. Others, however, have given a different interpretation. Thus, Dr. Good renders it: “With my own mouth will I overpower you, Till the quivering of my lips shall fall.” But the common interpretation is to be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. strengthen ... with ... mouth--bitter irony. In allusion to Eliphaz' boasted "consolations" (Job 15:11). Opposed to strengthening with the heart, that is, with real consolation. Translate, "I also (like you) could strengthen with the mouth," that is, with heartless talk: "And the moving of my lips (mere lip comfort) could console (in the same fashion as you do)" [Umbreit]. "Hearty counsel" (Pr 27:9) is the opposite.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Assuage
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary