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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches 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.

Context of Job 4:5

3Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands. 4Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way. But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified. 6Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope? 7Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

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 very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.
• Proverbs 24:10If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!
• 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
• Hebrews 12:3Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
• Job 1:11But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
• Job 2:5But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
• Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck 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