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Selected Verse: Job 16:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 16:5 |
Strong Concordance |
But I would strengthen [0553] you with [01119] my mouth [06310], and the moving [05205] of my lips [08193] should asswage [02820] your grief. |
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King James |
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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" (Pro 27:9) is the opposite. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
(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 preferred. The word rendered "moving" ניד nı̂yd is from נוּד nûd - "to move," "agitate," and hence, denotes "motion." It denotes here the motion of the lips when we speak. Gesenius renders it, "consolation," "comfort" - because this is expressed by a motion of the head.
Should assuage your grief - The word used here (יחשׂך yachâśak) means properly "to hold back," "to restrain;" Job 7:11. Here it is correctly rendered, meaning that he would hold back, or check their sorrows. In other words, he would sustain them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I 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. |
9 Ointment [08081] and perfume [07004] rejoice [08055] the heart [03820]: so doth the sweetness [04986] of a man's friend [07453] by hearty [05315] counsel [06098].
11 Are the consolations [08575] of God [0410] small [04592] with thee? is there any secret [0328] thing [01697] with thee?
11 Therefore I will not refrain [02820] my mouth [06310]; I will speak [01696] in the anguish [06862] of my spirit [07307]; I will complain [07878] in the bitterness [04751] of my soul [05315].