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Job 26:2 — How hast thou helped [him that is] without power? [how] savest thou the arm [that hath] no strength?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

How hast thou		Bildad had produced no argument to refute Job's doctrine; and therefore Job ironically admires the assistance which Bildad had given to his friends in their extremity, and the instruction he had afforded him in his perplexity. Job 12:2; 1Ki 18:27
helped		Job 4:3,4; Job 6:25; Job 16:4,5; Isa 35:3,4; Isa 40:14; Isa 41:5-7

Correlating Passages

How hast thou

	Job 12:2	No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
	1Ki 18:27	And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

helped

	Job 4:3	Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
	Job 4:4	Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
	Job 6:25	How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
	Job 16:4	I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
	Job 16:5	[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
	Isa 35:3	Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
	Isa 35:4	Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you.
	Isa 40:14	With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
	Isa 41:5	The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
	Isa 41:6	They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
	Isa 41:7	So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 26:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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