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Job 26:2
2‘Do not think that you have helped me, a weak and helpless man. Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger.
Job 26:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
- New International Version (NIV)“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
Context of Job 26:2
1Then Job replied. This is what he said: ‘Do not think that you have helped me, a weak and helpless man. Nothing that you have said makes me feel stronger. 3What good advice have you given me to make me wise? You have not really shown me how clever you are! 4Someone must have helped you to say these wise words. Who has put all these thoughts in your minds?
Read all of Job 26Job 26:2 word by word
מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ ה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּ זְר֣וֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 26:2
- Job 12:2‘You people think that you know everything. You think that there will be no wisdom after you die.
- 1 Kings 18:27At noon, Elijah began to laugh at them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘He is a god, isn't he? Maybe he is thinking about something else! Or has he left the room for a moment? Maybe he has gone away from home on a journey. Or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!’
- Job 4:3Listen! You have taught many people. You have helped weak people to be strong.
- Job 6:25True words may give pain to the person who listens to them. But the things that you say against me mean nothing.
- Job 16:4If you were suffering like I am, I could say the same things to you. I could speak for a long time about the wrong things that you have done. I could shake my head and laugh at you.
- Isaiah 35:3If your hands feel weak, now be strong! If your knees are shaking, now be brave!
- Isaiah 40:14He does not ask anyone to be his guide. Nobody can teach him the proper way to do things. Nobody can give him knowledge. Nobody can teach him how to understand things.
- Isaiah 41:5The people on the islands see what I am doing, and they are afraid. People all over the world shake with fear. They join together and they come near.
Commentaries on Job 26:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2How hast thou helped him - This seems a species of irony. How wonderfully hast thou counselled the unskilful and strengthened the weak! Alas for you! ye could not give what ye did not possess! In this way the Chaldee understood these verses: "Why hast thou pretended to give succor, when thou art without strength? And save, while thy arm is weak? Why hast thou given counsel, when thou art without understanding? And supposest that thou hast shown the very…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How hast thou helped him that is without power? - It has been doubted whether this refers to Job himself, the two friends of Bildad, or to the Deity. Rosenmuller. The connection, however, seems to demand that it should be referred to Job himself. It is sarcastical. Bildad had come as a friend and comforter. He had, also, in common with Eliphaz and Zophar, taken upon himself the office of teacher and counsellor. He had regarded Job as manifesting great…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Job’s friends did not help him (12:2; 16:4). Bildad's claim that innocence was impossible upset Job deeply (10:1–7; 13:3, 13–19; 16:18–21; 19:23–27; 23:2–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-14THIRD SERIES. 2-3. without power ... no strength ... no wisdom--The negatives are used instead of the positives, powerlessness, &c., designedly (so Is 31:8; De 32:21). Granting I am, as you say (Job 18:17; 15:2), powerlessness itself, &c. "How hast thou helped such a one?" savest--supportest.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 26
- 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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