Jó 16:5

5 poderia fortalecer-vos com a minha boca, e a consolação dos meus lábios poderia mitigar a vossa dor.

Jó 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 16:5

[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth
Comfort them with the words of his mouth; so God strengthens his people with strength in their souls, when he answers them with good and comfortable words; an angel strengthened Christ as man when in an agony, comforting him, suggesting comfortable things to him; so one saint may strengthen and comfort another when in distress, whether of soul or body; see ( Psalms 138:3 ) ( Luke 22:43 Luke 22:32 ) ; and thus Job had strengthened and comforted others, with his words in former times, as Eliphaz himself owns, ( Job 4:3 Job 4:4 ) and so he would again, were there a change in his circumstances, and objects presented:

and the moving of my lips should assuage [your grief]:
words uttered by him, which are done by the moving of the lips, should be such as would have a tendency to allay grief, to stop, restrain, forbid, and lessen sorrow; at least that it might not break out in an extravagant way, and exceed bounds, and that his friends might not be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

Jó 16:5 In-Context

3 Não terão fim essas palavras de vento? Ou que é o que te provoca, para assim responderes?

4 Eu também poderia falar como vós falais, se vós estivésseis em meu lugar; eu poderia amontoar palavras contra vós, e contra vós menear a minha cabeça;

5 poderia fortalecer-vos com a minha boca, e a consolação dos meus lábios poderia mitigar a vossa dor.

6 Ainda que eu fale, a minha dor naõ se mitiga; e embora me cale, qual é o meu alívio?

7 Mas agora, ó Deus, me deixaste exausto; assolaste toda a minha companhia.