Job 6:11
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
Brenton Septuagint
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? or is my flesh of brass?
Cross References
Job 10:20Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,
Job 13:28I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.
Job 17:13For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
Job 17:15Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good?
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
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 →