New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 16:5
5I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
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
3Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer? 4I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you. I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain. 6“If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me? 7But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.
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אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ־פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 16:5
- Job 4:3Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
- Job 6:14“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
- Job 29:25I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.
- Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord.
- Proverbs 27:9Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
- Isaiah 35:3Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.
- Galatians 6:1Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not 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
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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
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