Job 26:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:27 : 27 And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.
  • Job 4:3-4 : 3 Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong; 4 He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.
  • Job 6:12 : 12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
  • Job 6:25 : 25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
  • Job 12:2 : 2 No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.
  • Job 16:4-5 : 4 It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you: 5 I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.
  • Ps 71:9 : 9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees. 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
  • Isa 40:14 : 14 Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
  • Isa 41:5-7 : 5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near. 6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart! 7 So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

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    2Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

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    3Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

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    21You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

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    23Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

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