Job 6:11
For what is my strength, that I may continue? Or what is my goal, so that I may act patiently?
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
12My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh made of bronze.
Cross References
Job 10:20Will not my few days be completed soon? Release me, therefore, so that I may lament my sorrows a little,
Job 13:28I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.
Job 17:13If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.
Job 17:15Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
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 →