Job 6:13
So I am not able to help myself, and it seems that there is no one to rescue me.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
In Context
12I am not [RHQ] strong like rocks are, and my body is not made of bronze.
Cross References
Job 12:2“You ◄talk as though/You think► [SAR] that you are the people whom everyone should listen to, and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
Job 16:7God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family.
Job 26:2“I am a very weak and helpless man; and ◄you certainly have not helped me [SAR] very much!/ do you think that you have helped me [SAR] very much?► [RHQ]
Galatians 6:4Instead, each of you should constantly test/judge and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking. Then you can boast because of what you yourself are doing and thinking, and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons are doing.
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 →