Bible Strands
Job 26:2
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his friend during his ongoing response, immediately after the narrative marker “Then Job answered.”
The words — עָזַ֥רְתָּ ('a.Zar.ta) means “you have helped,” and זְר֣וֹעַ (ze.Ro.a') translates as “[the] arm.”
The thread — The theme of strengthening the weak appears in Job 4:3, which records strengthening feeble hands, and Isaiah 35:3, which commands strengthening limp hands and steady feeble knees. 1 Kings 18:27 does not continue this theme but instead records Elijah taunting the prophets of Baal to shout louder.
Why it lands — The text states that God has actively assisted the powerless and rescued the weak-armed. It demands the reader recognize specific divine action in human frailty rather than treating the declaration as abstract encouragement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Cross-references
- Job 4:3 Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- 1 Kings 18:27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
- Job 6:12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
- Job 6:25 How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 12:2 “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
- Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- Psalms 71:9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
- Isaiah 41:5 The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.
- Isaiah 40:14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?