New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 4:3
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
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, 2“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands. 4Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees. 5But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed.
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הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 4:3
- Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding.
- Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so.
- Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
- Job 16:5I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
- Deuteronomy 3:28But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across at the head of this people, and he will give them as an inheritance the land which you will see.’
- Ezra 6:22And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 35:3Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble.
- Ezekiel 13:22Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,
- Luke 22:32but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
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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