Job 16:5

“I could make you firm with my mouth, and the movement of my lips would restrain your pain.”

Job 16:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 16:5, word by word

I could make you firmאֲאַמִּצְaamits

be bold

To be bold and steady: "take heart and be brave".

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with my mouthבְּמוֹbemo

in, with, by

A poetic particle meaning "in," "with," "by."

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with my mouthפִfi

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

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and the movementנִידnid

moving, comfort

Movement; of the lips, moving them in speech. It appears only once in the Bible (Job 16:5).

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of my lipsשְׂפָתַsefata

lip

The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.

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would restrain your painיַחְשֹׂךְyachsoch

restrain

To curb something, like the tongue, or stop someone.

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The context

4I also could speak like you, if your soul were in place of my soul; I could string together words against you, and shake my head at you.

5 · This verse (above)

6If I speak, my pain is not restrained; and if I cease, what goes away from me?

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