3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)In these verses, I. Eliphaz excuses the trouble he is now about to give to Job by his discourse (Job 4:2): “ If we assay a word with thee , offer a word of reproof and counsel, wilt thou be grieved and take it ill?” We have reason to fear thou wilt; but there is no remedy: “ Who can refrain from words ?” Observe, 1. With what modesty he speaks of himself and his own attempt. He will not undertake…
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