Job 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 4:3

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2 “If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?

3 Surely you have instructed many,
And you ^ahave strengthened weak hands.

4 Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And you ^ahave strengthened the feeble knees;

5 But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.

6 Is not ^ayour reverence ^byour confidence?
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

7 “Remember now, ^awho ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright ever cut off?

Verse Comparison: Job 4:3

American Standard Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Amplified® Bible
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.

Contemporary English Version
Remember how your words

Darby English Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

Good News Bible
You have taught many people and given strength to feeble hands.

King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

New International Version
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.

New King James Version
Surely you have instructed many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

New English Translation
Look,¹ you have instructed² many; you have strengthened³ feeble hands.⁴