Job

Job 4:3–4

³Surely you have instructed many,

and have strengthened their feeble hands.

⁴Your words have steadied those who stumbled;

you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	הִ֭נֵּה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
you have instructed	יִסַּ֣רְתָּ	yis·sar·tā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
many	רַבִּ֑ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
and have strengthened	תְּחַזֵּֽק׃	tə·ḥaz·zêq	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
their feeble	רָפ֣וֹת	rā·p̄ō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7504 slack
hands	וְיָדַ֖יִם	wə·yā·ḏa·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd	H3027 hand

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your words	מִלֶּ֑יךָ	mil·le·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4405 word, speech, utterance
have steadied	יְקִימ֣וּן	yə·qî·mūn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
those who stumbled	כּ֭וֹשֵׁל	kō·wō·šêl	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3782 stumble, stagger, totter
you have braced	תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃	tə·’am·mêṣ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H553 be alert
the knees	וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם	ū·ḇir·ka·yim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - fd	H1290 knee
that were buckling	כֹּרְע֣וֹת	kō·rə·‘ō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H3766 bow down

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 4:3 Isaiah 35:3 · Luke 22:32 · Proverbs 10:21 · Job 16:5 · Hebrews 12:12 · Deuteronomy 3:28 · Ephesians 4:29 · Luke 22:43

Job 4:4 Proverbs 12:18 · 1 Thessalonians 5:14 · Hebrews 12:12 · Psalm 145:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.