Job 4:3-5

English Standard Version

³Behold, you have instructed many,
    and you have ^(A)strengthened the weak hands.
⁴Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
    and you have ^(B)made firm the feeble knees.
⁵But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
    it touches you, and you are dismayed.

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Job 4:3-5

New King James Version

³Surely you have instructed many,
And you ^(A)have strengthened weak hands.
⁴Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
And you ^(B)have strengthened the ^[a]feeble knees;
⁵But now it comes upon you, and you are weary;
It touches you, and you are troubled.

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Footnotes

Job 4:4 Lit. bending

Job 4:3-5

New International Version

³Think how you have instructed many,^(A)
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.^(B)
⁴Your words have supported those who stumbled;^(C)
    you have strengthened faltering knees.^(D)
⁵But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;^(E)
    it strikes^(F) you, and you are dismayed.^(G)