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Job 4:3
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;
Job 4:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- New International Version (NIV)Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely you have instructed many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
Context of Job 4:3
1And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking? Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands; 4Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees: 5But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 4:3
- Genesis 18:19For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
- Ephesians 4:29Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
- Colossians 4:6[Let] your word [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, [so as] to know how ye ought to answer each one.
- Job 16:5[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].
- Deuteronomy 3:28But charge Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land which thou shalt see.
- Ezra 6:22and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees.
- Ezekiel 13:22Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life:
- Luke 22:32but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.
Commentaries on Job 4:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thou hast instructed many - Thou hast seen many in affliction and distress, and thou hast given them such advice as was suitable to their state, and effectual to their relief; and by this means thou hast strengthened the weak hands, and the feeble knees - the desponding have been encouraged, and the irresolute confirmed and excited to prompt and proper actions, by thy counsel and example.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Behold, thou hast instructed many - That is, thou hast instructed many how they ought to bear trials, and hast delivered important maxims to them on the great subject of the divine government. This is not designed to be irony, or to wound the feelings of Job. It is intended to recall to his mind the lessons which he had inculcated on others in times of calamity, and to show him how important it was now that he should reduce his own lessons to practice…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4These were people who were weak, felt depressed, and had low confidence in themselves (Isaiah 13:7; 35:3; Ezekiel 7:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. weak hands--Is 35:3; 2Sa 4:1.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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