Job 6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
In Context
11Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
13I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.
Cross References
Job 40:18\40:23\Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
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 →