Job 6:11
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Majority Standard Bible
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 like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
Cross References
Job 10:20Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Job 17:15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Psalms 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Psalms 102:23He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short 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 →