Job 16:5

“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”

"But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief." - Job 16:5
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What does Job 16:5 mean?

Job 16:5 in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads, "But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief." This verse is part of the book of Job, which tells the story of a righteous man who faces extreme suffering and loss. In…

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Words of Comfort: The Power of Encouragement

In Job 16:5, we find a profound statement that encompasses the depth of human empathy and the power of our words. The King James Version (KJV) beautifully articulates, "But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief." At first…

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A Prayer for Strength and Comfort in Grief

O gracious and ever-living God, my heart swells with gratitude as I come before Your holy throne, seeking Your presence in times of sorrow and grief. I stand humbled by the depths of my human experience, aware that in this journey through life, we are often weighed down by the…

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Job 16:5 - "But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief."
Job 5:16 - "So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth."
"So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth." - Job 5:16
Job 16:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 16:1
Job 16:16 - "My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"
Job 35:16 - "Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge."
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Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
Job 12:16 - "With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his."
Job 33:16 - "Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,"
Job 34:5 - "For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment."
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Job 1:5 no words
Job 6:16 - "Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:"
Job 28:16 - "It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."
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Job 20:5 - "That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"
Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
"My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;" - Job 16:16
Job 34:16 - "If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words."
Job 23:16 - "For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"
Job 21:16 - "Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me."
Job 5:5 - "Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance."
Job 5:14 - "They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night."
Job 13:16 - "He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him."
Job 17:16 - "They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust."
Job 16:21 - "O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!"
Job 16:11 - "God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked."