Job 6:11
9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- KJV
- What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- WEB
- What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
- ASV
- What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
- DARBY
- What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
- BLB
- What [is] my strength, that I should hope? And what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?
- ÅB
- Hva kraft har jeg, så jeg kunne holde ut, og hva blir enden med meg, så jeg kunne være tålmodig?
- OTB
- Hva styrke har jeg, at jeg skulle håpe?
Hva er min ende, at jeg skulle være tålmodig? - B1930
- Hvad kraft har jeg, så jeg kunde holde ut, og hvad blir enden med mig, så jeg kunde være tålmodig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 103:14–16
For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Read in contextPsalms 102:23
He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
Read in contextJob 17:1
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Read in contextPsalms 39:5
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Read in contextJob 10:20
Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
Read in contextPsalms 90:5–10
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
Read in contextJob 21:4
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Read in contextJob 17:14–16
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Read in context