約伯記 16:5

5 但 我 必 用 口 堅 固 你 們 ， 用 嘴 消 解 你 們 的 憂 愁 。

約伯記 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.

約伯記 16:5 In-Context

3 虛 空 的 言 語 有 窮 盡 麼 ？ 有 甚 麼 話 惹 動 你 回 答 呢 ？

4 我 也 能 說 你 們 那 樣 的 話 ； 你 們 若 處 在 我 的 境 遇 ， 我 也 會 聯 絡 言 語 攻 擊 你 們 ， 又 能 向 你 們 搖 頭 。

5 但 我 必 用 口 堅 固 你 們 ， 用 嘴 消 解 你 們 的 憂 愁 。

6 我 雖 說 話 ， 憂 愁 仍 不 得 消 解 ； 我 雖 停 住 不 說 ， 憂 愁 就 離 開 我 麼 ？

7 但 現 在 神 使 我 困 倦 ， 使 親 友 遠 離 我 ，