For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
Job 4:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast confirmed the feeble knees More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your words have held firm him who was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees. American Standard Version (1901) Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees. Common English Bible Your words have raised up the falling; you’ve steadied failing knees. Catholic Public Domain Version Your words have reassured the wavering, and you have fortified the trembling knees. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees. |
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands
But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.
The Lord GODhath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
Nevertheless he that comforteth the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.