Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
New American Standard Bible
How you have saved the arm
King James Version
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
Holman Bible
and delivered the arm that is weak!
International Standard Version
"What a help you are to the weak! How powerfully you deliver those without strength!
A Conservative Version
How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!
American Standard Version
How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!
Amplified
“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!
Bible in Basic English
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
Darby Translation
How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!
Julia Smith Translation
How didst thou help to him of no strength? didst thou save the arm of no strength?
King James 2000
How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"How you have helped {one who has no power}! [How] you have assisted [the] arm {that has no strength}!
Modern King James verseion
How have you helped the powerless, or saved the arm that has no strength?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"O how helpest thou the weak? What comfort givest thou unto him that hath no strength?
NET Bible
"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!
New Heart English Bible
"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
The Emphasized Bible
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
Webster
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
World English Bible
"How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
Interlinear
Koach
Yasha`
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 26:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Ninth Speech: A Response To Bildad
1 And Job answereth and saith: -- 2 What -- thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong! 3 What -- thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:27
And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, 'Call with a loud voice, for he is a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'
Job 4:3-4
Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.
Job 6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
Job 6:25
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
Job 12:2
Truly -- ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.
Job 16:4-5
I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
Psalm 71:9
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen.
Isaiah 40:14
With whom consulted He, That he causeth Him to understand? And teacheth Him in the path of judgment, And teacheth Him knowledge? And the way of understanding causeth Him to know?
Isaiah 41:5-7
Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.