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Job 4:3

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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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  1. Isaiah 35:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

  2. Hebrews 12:12Rank 2 from verse 3
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    12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

  3. Job 16:5Rank 3 from verse 3
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    5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

  4. Luke 22:32Rank 4 from verse 3
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    32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

  5. Proverbs 10:21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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Job 4:3

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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instructed

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Taught, trained, informed, directed, counselled, warned, or corrected concerning a matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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strengthened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of strengthen, meaning to make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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strenghtened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of strengthen, meaning to make stronger, confirm, encourage, fortify, or increase in power.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

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4:4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

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