Job 6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
In Context
11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
13Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
Cross References
Job 40:18His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.
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 →