Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 10:20Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 13:28Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 17:13If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
Job 17:15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Psalms 39:5(39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Psalms 102:23(102-24) He 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 →