Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should try to wait? 1 What is my end, that I should prolong my life? 1
Unlocked Literal 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 the strength of stones? 1 Or is my flesh made of bronze? 1
Cross References
Job 10:20Are not my days only a few? Stop then, 1 let me alone, so that I may have a little rest 1
Job 13:28although I am like a rotten thing that wastes away, 1 like a garment that moths have eaten.
Job 17:13If the only home I hope for is Sheol; 1 and if I have spread my couch in the darkness; 1
Job 17:15where then is my hope? 1 As for my hope, who can see any? 1
Psalms 39:5See, you have made my days only the width of my hand, 1 and my lifetime is like nothing before you. 1 Surely every man is a single breath. Selah 1
Psalms 102:23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life. 1 He has shortened my days. 1
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 →