Job 6:11 · KJV
“What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?”
— Job 6:11
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.
{Is} my strength the strength of stones? or {is} my flesh of brass? {of brass: Heb. brasen?}
Job 6 — Context
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Then 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.
11What {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? {of brass: Heb. brasen?}
13{Is} not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Cross References
Psalms 103:14-16
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust.
Psalms 102:23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. {weakened: Heb. afflicted}
Job 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}
Psalms 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. {at...: Heb. settled}
Job 13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 10:20
{Are} not my days few? cease {then, and} let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 21:4
As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
Psalms 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. {groweth...: or, is changed}