Job 16:5
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged,.... Though he spoke to God in prayer, and entreated for some abatement of his…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
(But I would strengthen you with my mouth With that which proceeds from the mouth - words. And the moving of my lips -…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 16:1-5
Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly take, which is to undervalue one another's sense,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The verse no doubt carries on the idea of the preceding:
I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the condolence of…
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