Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
Darby Translation
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? is my flesh of brass?
Cross References
Job 10:20Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
Job 13:28One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
Job 17:13If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:
Job 17:15And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 102:23He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days.
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 →