But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
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Gill's Exposition
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged,.... Though he spoke to God in prayer, and entreated for some abatement of his sorrows, he got no relief; and though he spoke to himself in soliloquies, his…
Barnes' Notes
(But I would strengthen you with my mouth With that which proceeds from the mouth - words. And the moving of my lips - My speaking - implying that it would have been done in a mild, gentle, kind…
Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly take, which is to undervalue one another's sense, and wisdom, and management. The longer the saw of contention is drawn the hotter…
Cambridge Bible
The verse no doubt carries on the idea of the preceding:
I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the condolence of my lips could assuage your grief.
The emphasis falls on mouthand lips. Job could…
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