Job 6:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?”

— WEB

“What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?”

— KJV

“What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 103:14-16 "For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust."
Psalms 102:23 "He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days."
Job 17:1 "“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me."
Psalms 39:5 "Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah."
Job 13:28 "though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten."
Job 17:14-16 "If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’"
Job 10:20 "Aren’t my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,"
Psalms 90:5-10 "You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass."

Commentary

What strength have I, so as to warrant the hope of restoration to health? a hope which Eliphaz had suggested. "And what" but a miserable "end" of life is before me, "that I should" desire to "prolong life"? [UMBREIT]. UMBREIT and ROSENMULLER not so well translate the last words "to be patient."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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