Job 6:12
My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
In Context
11For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?
13Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.
Cross References
Job 40:18Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into 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 →