Giobbe 16:5

5 Ma anzi io vi conforterei con la mia bocca, E la consolazione delle mie labbra rallenterebbe il vostro dolore.

Giobbe 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.

Giobbe 16:5 In-Context

3 Finiranno mai le parole di vento? Ovvero, di che ti fai forte, che tu replichi ancora?

4 Se l’anima vostra fosse nello stato dell’anima mia, Anch’io potrei parlar come voi, Mettere insieme parole contro a voi, E scuotervi il capo contra.

5 Ma anzi io vi conforterei con la mia bocca, E la consolazione delle mie labbra rallenterebbe il vostro dolore.

6 Se io parlo, il mio dolore non però si rallenta; E se io resto di parlare, quanto se ne partirà egli da me?

7 Certo, egli ora mi ha straccato; E tu mi hai, o Dio, diserta tutta la mia brigata.