New International Version
Job 16:5
5But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But if it were me, I would encourage you. I would try to take away your grief.
Context of Job 16:5
3Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? 4I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you. But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief. 6“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away. 7Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
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אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ־פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 16:5
- Job 4:3Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
- Job 6:14“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Job 29:25I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
- Psalms 27:14Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
- Proverbs 27:9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
- Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
- Galatians 6:1Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may 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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