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Job 16:5

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But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 5

This chapter begins Job's reply to that discourse of Eliphaz which we had in the foregoing chapter; it is but the second part of the same song of lamentation with which he had before bemoaned himself, and is set to the same melancholy tune. I. He upbraids his friends with their unkind usage of him (Job 16:1-5). II. He represents his own case as very deplorable upon all accounts (Job 16:6-16). III. He still holds fast his integrity, concerning which he appeals to God's righteous judgment from the unrighteous censures of his friends (Job 16:14-22).

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Strong's Concordancev. 5

אָמַץ (ʼâmats, H553) — to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage) בְּמוֹ (bᵉmôw, H1119) — in, with, by, etc. פֶּה (peh, H6310) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);… נִיד (nîyd, H5205) — motion (of the lips in speech) שָׂפָה (sâphâh, H8193) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a… חָשַׂךְ (châsak, H2820) — to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe

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