Job 16:5 · KJV
“{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.”
— Job 16:5
I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased? {what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}
Job 16 — Context
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain...: Heb. words of wind}
4I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased? {what...: Heb. what goeth from me?}
7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Cross References
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Job 4:3-4
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Job 6:14
To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}
Job 29:25
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.