Job 4:3 · KJV
“Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.”
— Job 4:3
{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Job 4 — Context
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2{If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?}
3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Cross References
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}
Job 16:5
{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.
Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Hebrews 12:12
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Deuteronomy 3:28
But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
Luke 22:43
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}