Job 4:4

1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 7:6; Daniel 5:6; Hebrews 12:12; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:4; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 16:23; Proverbs 16:24; Psalms 145:14

Related Commentaries of Job 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy words have upholden him that was falling - That is, either falling into sin, or sinking under calamity and trial. The Hebrew will bear either...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Eliphaz is provoked to reply, in spite of his unwillingness, by the tone of Job's speech, which seems to him altogether irreverent. He wonders that J...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

words . sayings. Hebrew. millah. See note on "speaking" ( Job 4:2 ). falling . stumbling.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Eliphaz ( Job 4:5 ) Eliphaz is the principal and probably the oldest of the three friends: cp. Job 32:6 . He is also the most...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cp. Job 29:12-17 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VII. THE THINGS ELIPHAZ HAD SEEN Job 4:1-21 ; Job 5:1-27 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE ideas of sin and suffering against which the poem of Job was wri...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Mortal Man Be More Just than God?” Job 4:1-21 The first cycle of speeches is opened by Eliphaz. It must be remembered that he and the tw...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now begins the great controversy between Job and his friends, which occupies the major portion of the Book. This controversy moves in three cycles. T...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? (3) Behold, thou hast instructed many, and th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy words have up, holden him that was falling ,.... Or "stumbling" m; that was stumbling at the providence of God in suffering good men to be affli...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Ver. 4. Thy words have upholden him that was falling ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy words have upholden him that was falling That was ready to sink under his pressures, or to fall into sin, or from God, through despondency and...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIPHAZ: COMMENDATION TWISTED INTO REBUKE (vv.1-6) The three friends of Job could only think of God's justice in reference to Job's sufferings,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Address of Eliphaz. B. C. 1520. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Him that was falling; ready to sink under their pressures, or to fall from God, or into sin, (as that word is used, 1 Corinthians 10:12 Galatia...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS First Course of the Speeches. First Dialogue,—Eliphaz and Job First Speech o...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 4:1 . Eliphaz answered, being the eldest, or the more eloquent. Job 4:3 . Thou hast instructed many. The holy patriarchs were all preacher...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said. The first colloquy At this point we pass into the poem proper. It opens with three colloquies betw...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thou hast strengthened the weak hands. Preaching easier than practising Behold, thou hast instructed many, etc. To do each day’s duty with Chri...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job having ended his complaint, Eliphaz the Temanite, the first-named of his three friends ( Job 2:11 ), and perhaps the eldest of th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job having thus given way to his impatience, his friends thought it their duty to correct him. But instead of showing him in what respect his positio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees, by holding men upright who were about to sink down, figura...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Philosophy of Eliphaz Job 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching a part of the Book of Job that is most interesting. Job's three...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Feeble knees — Such as were weak hearted, and fainting under their trials.

⁴ Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Related Commentaries of Job 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 4:4