Job 4:3

King James 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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King James 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 which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Ezek 13:22 : 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Luke 22:32 : 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Luke 22:43 : 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD 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 the LORD had made them joyful, and 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 moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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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