Job 26:2

Modern

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Traditional

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

Literal

“How you have helped the one without power! You have saved the arm with no strength!

Latin

Cujus adjutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium ejus qui non est fortis?

Hebrew

English

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Job’s friends did not help him (12:2; 16:4). Bildad's claim that innocence was impossible upset Job deeply (10:1–7; 13:3, 13–19; 16:18–21; 19:23–27; 23:2–7).

Isaiah 35:3–4
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Job 4:3–4
Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
Job 6:25
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
Job 12:2
“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
Job 16:4–5
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Job 6:12
Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
Isaiah 41:5–7
The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
1 Kings 18:27
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
Psalm 71:9
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Isaiah 40:14
Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?