Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait?What is my end, that I should be patient?
New Heart English 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?Or is my flesh of brass?
Cross References
Job 10:20Aren't my days few?Cease then.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 shall see it?
Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.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 →