Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
World English Bible Classic
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? Or is my flesh of bronze?
Cross References
Job 10:20Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
Job 13:28though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Job 17:15where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 102:23He weakened my strength along the course. He 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 →