Job 4:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃

Transliteration

Behold, hinnēh yissartā rabbîm and wə-yādayim rāpôt təḥazzēq

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: interjection - behold/look
*yissartā*: Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have instructed/disciplined
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
*wə-yādayim*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine dual - and hands
*rāpôt*: adjective, feminine plural - weak/feeble
*təḥazzēq*: Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you strengthen/support

Word Meanings

*yissartā*: to instruct/discipline/chastise
*rabbîm*: many/great/numerous
*yādayim*: hands/power/control
*rāpôt*: weak/feeble/drooping
*təḥazzēq*: to strengthen/support/encourage

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 35:3 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Heb 12:12 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;
Luke 22:32 : 32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
Luke 22:43 : 43 And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
Eph 4:29 : 29 Let {G3956} no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Deut 3:28 : 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.
Ezra 6:22 : 22 and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Job 16:5 : 5 [ But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].
Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
Prov 16:21 : 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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