Job 6:11
Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
In Context
12Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
Cross References
Job 10:20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,
Job 13:28Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
Job 17:13If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
Job 17:15Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
Psalms 102:23\102:22\When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:9-14
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me?… Read the whole commentary →