Job 6:11
מַה ־ כֹּחִי כִֽי ־ אֲיַחֵל וּמַה ־ קִּצִּי כִּֽי ־ אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
10וּתְהִי עוֹד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמוֹל כִּי ־ לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֽוֹשׁ ׃
12אִם ־ כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִֽם ־ בְּשָׂרִי נָחֽוּשׁ ׃
Cross References
Job 10:20הֲלֹא ־ מְעַט יָמַי יחדל ישית מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט ׃
Job 13:28וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ ׃
Job 17:13אִם ־ אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי ׃
Job 17:15וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה ׃
Psalms 39:5הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה ־ הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה ־ חָדֵל אָֽנִי ׃
Psalms 102:23בְּהִקָּבֵץ עַמִּים יַחְדָּו וּמַמְלָכוֹת לַעֲבֹד אֶת ־ יְהוָֽה ׃
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 →