King James Version
Job 26:2 in the King James Version says “How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?” — study this verse from Job chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?”
Job 26:2 · KJV
But Job answered and said,
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“that hath no”
H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him that is without power”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“how savest”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“thou the arm”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
“that hath no”
H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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