Job 16:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ־פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾăʾammiṣkem bəmô-pî wə-nîd śəpātay yaḥśōk

Grammar Details

• *ʾăʾammiṣkem*: Piel imperfect 1st singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - I would strengthen you
• *bəmô-pî*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - with my mouth
• *wə-nîd*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and movement of
• *śəpātay*: noun feminine dual + 1st singular suffix - my lips
• *yaḥśōk*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - would hold back

Word Meanings

• *ʾăʾammiṣkem*: to strengthen, make firm, make stout
• *pî*: mouth, opening, speech
• *nîd*: movement, shaking, swaying
• *śəpātay*: lips, language, speech, edge
• *yaḥśōk*: to withhold, refrain, spare, hold back

Referenced Verses

• Job 4:3-4 : 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
• Job 6:14 : 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
• Job 29:25 : 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
• Prov 27:17 : 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
• Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Gal 6:1 : 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.