Job 26:2

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

"How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?" - Job 26:2
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What does Job 26:2 mean?

Job 26:2 (KJV) says, "How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?" In order to fully understand the meaning and significance of this verse, it's important to provide some context from the Book of Job. The Book of Job is found in…

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The Power of Helping the Helpless

In the Book of Job, we encounter profound depths of human suffering and divine sovereignty. Job, in the midst of his anguish, engages in a poetic discourse that speaks to our hearts and minds. The verse, Job 26:2 (KJV), poses a poignant question: "How hast thou helped him that…

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A Prayer for the Helpless and the Weary

Heavenly Father, We come before You today with humble hearts, seeking Your wisdom and grace. As we meditate on the profound words of Job 26:2, "How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?" we are reminded of the plight of those…

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Job 26:2 - "How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?"
Job 26:1 - "But Job answered and said,"
"But Job answered and said," - Job 26:1
Job 26:11 - "The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof."
Job 26:6 - "Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering."
Job 9:26 - "They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey."
Job 26:5 - "Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof."
Job 34:26 - "He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;"
Job 38:26 - "To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;"
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 28:26 - "When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:"
Job 21:26 - "They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them."
Job 26:10 - "He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end."
Job 26:9 - "He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it."
Job 6:26 - "Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?"
Job 41:26 - "The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon."
Job 39:26 - "Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?"
Job 26:4 - "To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?"
Job 26:12 - "He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud."
Job 26:7 - "He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing."
Job 26:8 - "He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them."
Job 26:13 - "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."
Job 3:2 - "And Job spake, and said,"
Job 15:26 - "He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:"
Job 13:26 - "For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth."
Job 3:26 - "I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came."
Job 36:26 - "Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out."
Job 26:3 - "How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?"
Job 5:26 - "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season."