Giobbe 16:5

5 potrei farvi coraggio con la bocca; e il conforto delle mie labbra vi calmerebbe.

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 Non ci sarà egli una fine alle parole vane? Che cosa ti provoca a rispondere?

4 Anch’io potrei parlare come voi, se voi foste al posto mio; potrei mettere assieme delle parole contro a voi e su di voi scrollare il capo;

5 potrei farvi coraggio con la bocca; e il conforto delle mie labbra vi calmerebbe.

6 Se parlo, il mio dolore non ne sarà lenito; e se cesso di parlare, che sollievo ne avrò?

7 Ora, purtroppo, Dio m’ha ridotto senza forze, ha desolato tutta la mia casa;