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Job 26:2

26:1 But Job answered and said,
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

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“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?

26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

What does Job 26:2 mean?

Job 26:2 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָזַר (ʻâzar), כֹּחַ (kôach), יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ). It connects to 16 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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How
hast
thou
helpedעָזַרʻâzar/aw-zar'/H5826to surround, i.e. protect or aid
him
that
is
without
power?כֹּחַkôach/ko'-akh/H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
how
savestיָשַׁעyâshaʻ/yaw-shah'/H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
thou
the
armזְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
that
hath
noלֹאlôʼ/lo/H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
strength?עֹזʻôz/oze/H5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)

Commentary on Job 26:2

HENRY_FULL · Job 26:2
designed to say, and did not break in upon him in the midst of his argument; but, when he had done, he gave him a fair answer, in which, I. He complains of unkind usage. And very unkindly he takes it. 1. That his comforters added to his affliction, ver. 2-7 . 2. That his God was the author of his affliction, ver. 8-12 . 3. That his relations and friends were strange to him, and shy of him, in his affliction, ver. 20-22 . II. He comforts himself with the believing hopes of happiness in the other world, though he had so little comfort in this, making a very solemn confession of his faith, with a desire that it might be recorded as an evidence of his sincerity, ver. 23-27 . III. He concludes with a caution to his friends not to persist in their hard censures of him, ver. 28, 29 . If the remonstrance Job here makes of his grievances may serve sometimes to justify our complaints, yet his cheerful views of the future state, at the same time, may shame us Christians, and may serve to silence our complaints, or at least to balance them. The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These t

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Judges 16:16

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; vexed: Heb. shortened

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 18:2

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

Job 27:2

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter

Psalms 6:2

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Psalms 6:3

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Psalms 13:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? chief: or, overseer

Psalms 42:10

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? sword: or, killing

Psalms 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Psalms 64:3

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel

2 Peter 2:7

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

2 Peter 2:8

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Revelation 6:10

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 26:2.

1 Chronicles 12:17

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. to meet: Heb. before them be knit: Heb. be one wrong: or, violence

2 Chronicles 14:11

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. man: or, mortal man

2 Chronicles 25:8

But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

2 Chronicles 26:13

And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. an army: Heb. the power of an army

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. rested: Heb. leaned

2 Kings 17:36

But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

Deuteronomy 9:29

Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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What does Job 26:2 say?

Job 26:2 (King James Version) reads: "How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?"

Is Job 26:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 26:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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