Job 6:13
Behold, there is no help for me in myself, and my loved ones also have withdrawn from me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
In Context
12My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh made of bronze.
14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.
Cross References
Job 12:2Are you, therefore, alone among men, and will wisdom die with you?
Job 16:7But what can I do? When I am speaking, my grief will not be quiet; and if I am quiet, it will not withdraw from me.
Job 26:2Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?
Galatians 6:4So let each one prove his own work. And in this way, he shall have glory in himself only, and not in another.
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 →