Job 16:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 16:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 16:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 16:5 — KJV
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”
— Job 16:5 (KJV)
Job 16:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 16:5
“For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.”
Shares key themes with Job 16:5: mouth, lips, should
“And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:”
Shares key themes with Job 16:5: would, mouth, should
“And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.”
Shares key themes with Job 16:5: would, should
“And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? asked...: Heb. asking asked us tenor: Heb. mouth could...: Heb. knowing could we know”
Shares key themes with Job 16:5: would, mouth
“Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?”
Shares key themes with Job 16:5: mouth, should
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