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But I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
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The Model of Comforting Words
Job contrasts his friends' harshness with the comfort he would offer. Commentators explain that Job is describing the ideal form of friendship: using one's words not to condemn, but to actively strengthen a person and restrain or "assuage" their grief. This serves as a powerful model for how to speak to those who are suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But I would strengthen you with my mouth. With what proceeds from the mouth—words.
And the moving of my lips—My spe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth Comfort them with the words of his mouth; so God strengthens his people w…
Eliphaz had represented Job's discourses as unprofitable and pointless; Job here gives Eliphaz's words the same characterization. Those who pass cr…
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13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had spoken harshly against Job in his answer, so Job begins his speech by accusing him of providing unfitting consolation. First, because h…
