Job 26:2 Cross References - NSB

² »How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!

²⁷ In the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying: »Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought. He may have gone away for some purpose. Perhaps he is on a journey. By chance he is sleeping and must be woke up.«

³ »Look, you have instructed many people. When hands were weak, you made them strong. ⁴ »When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words. When knees were weak, you gave them strength.

¹² »Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh made of bronze?

²⁵ »Honest words are so painful! But what do your arguments prove?

² »Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!

⁴ »I too could speak like you, if I were in your place. I could compose words against you. And I would shake my head at you. ⁵ »I could strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve your pain.

⁹ Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.

³ Strengthen the tired hands and the knees that tremble with weakness. ⁴ Tell the discouraged ones with anxious heart: »Be strong and do not be afraid! God is coming to your rescue! He is coming to punish your enemies.«

¹⁴ Whom did Jehovah consult to enlighten him? Who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?

⁵ The islands have seen it and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. ⁶ Each helps the other and says to his brother: »Be strong!« ⁷ The craftsman encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil. He says of the welding: It is good. He nails down the idol so it will not topple.