Job 26:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

LSV

“How you have helped the powerless, || Saved an arm not strong!

YLT

What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

DBY

How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

DRC

Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?

GNV

Whom helpest thou? him that hath no power? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?

JPS

How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

LXXE

To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? is it not he that has much strength, and he who has a strong arm?

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ ה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּ זְר֣וֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃

LXX-Br

Τίνι πρόσκεισαι, ἢ τίνι μέλλεις βοηθεῖν; πότερον οὐχ ᾧ πολλὴ ἰσχὺς, καὶ ᾧ βραχίων κραταιός ἐστι;

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• Isaiah 35:3–4Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
• Job 4:3–4Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands. Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
• 1 Kings 18:27At 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!”
• Job 16:4–5I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you. But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
• Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
• Isaiah 41:5–7The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the…
• Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
• Job 6:12Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
• Psalms 71:9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
• Isaiah 40:14Whom 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?

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