Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
KJV
consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos ;
Vulgate
εἶτ’ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασιν, κινήσω δὲ καθ’ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν.
LXX
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.
ASV
אֲאַמִּצְ/כֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ פִ֑/י וְ/נִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣/י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִמְצ֔וּ
'mtsv
verb · 40×
בְּמוֹ
bmv
noun · 11×
חָשַׂ֣ךְ
chshk
verb · 27×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
נִ֖יד
nyd
noun · 1×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 23:16 — And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
- Gal 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.
- Isa 35:3 — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
- Isa 35:3 — Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
- Job 4:3 — Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
- Job 42:11 — Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him
- Prov 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.