Job 4:5

Job 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
• New International Version (NIV)But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But now it comes upon you, and you are weary; It touches you, and you are troubled.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you.

Context of Job 4:5

3Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. 4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. 6Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope? 7"Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?

Job 4:5 word by word

כִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה׀ תָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַתֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But now it is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• upon thee, and thou faintestלָאָהlâ'âh · be wearyH3811
• it touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• thee, and thou art troubledבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926

Cross-references for Job 4:5

• Job 3:25For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
• Proverbs 24:10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
• 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
• Hebrews 12:3Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
• Job 1:11But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face."
• Job 2:5But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
• Job 19:21Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!

Commentaries on Job 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But now it is come upon thee - Now it is thy turn to suffer, and give an example of the efficacy of thy own principles; but instead of this, behold, thou faintest. Either, therefore, thou didst pretend to what thou hadst not; or thou art not making a proper use of the principles which thou didst recommend to others.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But now it is come upon thee - That is, calamity; or, the same trial which others have had, and in which thou hast so successfully exhorted and comforted them. A similar sentiment to that which is here expressed, is found in Terence: Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus. And. ii. i. 9. It toucheth thee - That is, affliction has come to yourself. It is no longer a thing about which you can coolly sit down and reason, and on which you…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. thou art troubled--rather, "unhinged," hast lost thy self-command (1Th 3:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 4:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting

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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