Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
Isaiah 35:3
“Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.”
— Isaiah 35:3
"My strength is made perfect in weakness" — Paul says God's power works by a different arithmetic than the world's, and then boasts in his own weaknesses to prove it. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Isaiah 35:3 to Isaiah 46:4.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about weakness here is Isaiah 35:3: "Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees." Zephaniah 3:12 follows close behind: "I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
Isaiah 35:3
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
But I will leave among you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in Yahweh’s name.
Zephaniah 3:12
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.
1 Corinthians 1:27
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
2 Corinthians 4:7
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
Hebrews 5:2
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:
Without being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
Romans 4:19
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.
Romans 14:21
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
Psalms 31:10
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalms 6:2
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Psalms 40:17
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26
And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isaiah 46:4
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