Job 6:11
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.
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? and is wisdom driven quite 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 knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Read in contextPsalms 102:23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Read in contextJob 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Read in contextPsalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Read in contextJob 10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Read in contextPsalms 90:5–10
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Read in contextJob 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Read in contextJob 17:14–16
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Read in context