Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?
Leeser Tanakh
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 the strength of stones my strength? or is my flesh brazen?
Cross References
Job 10:20Lo! my days are but few: cease, then, withdraw from me [thy hand], that I may recover my cheerfulness a little.
Job 13:28And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
Job 17:13When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch;
Job 17:15Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
Psalms 39:5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.
Psalms 102:23(102:24) He hath weakened on the way my strength; he hath 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 →