Job 4:3-4 | MHM | STEP | v. 3-4 : Eliphaz remembers how Job used to help others. He says, “You have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees” (Job 4:3-4 ). Job was known for giving good advice and comforting people in trouble. He helped his neighbors and friends, not just his own family. Job encouraged people to keep going when they were weak or afraid. Eliphaz may be praising Job to make his correction easier to accept, or to remind Job that he should now take his own advice. It is often easier to give advice than to follow it ourselves. The Bible says, “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way” (Isaiah 35:3-4; Hebrews 12:12 ). Paul also praised the Corinthians before correcting them (1 Corinthians 11:2 ).

‏ Job 4:3-4

v. 3-4: Eliphaz remembers how Job used to help others. He says, “You have instructed many; you have strengthened weak hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees” (Job 4:3-4 ^a). Job was known for giving good advice and comforting people in trouble. He helped his neighbors and friends, not just his own family. Job encouraged people to keep going when they were weak or afraid. Eliphaz may be praising Job to make his correction easier to accept, or to remind Job that he should now take his own advice. It is often easier to give advice than to follow it ourselves. The Bible says, “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way” (Isaiah 35:3-4; Hebrews 12:12 ^b). Paul also praised the Corinthians before correcting them (1 Corinthians 11:2 ^c).

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