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Job 6:11 Cross-References
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“What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?”
Job 6:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 6:11
Job asks: 'What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?' The rhetorical questions challenge Eliphaz's advice to hope for restoration. Job's 'strength' (Hebrew 'koach'—power/capacity) is exhausted; his 'end' (Hebrew 'qets'—conclusion/limit) offers nothing to anticipate. Job argues that hope requires some basis—either strength to endure or a desirable outcome ahead. Seeing neither, he questions why he should continue. This is honest wrestling with despair, not sinful denial of God.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 6:11
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“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”
“He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.”
“you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath. Selah.,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., הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה׃ ,Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah,38:6 ἰδοὺ παλαιστὰς ἔθου τὰς ἡμέρας μου καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου πλὴν τὰ σύμπαντα ματαιότης πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ζῶν διάψαλμα,38:5 Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.,,,,”
“and breaks out afresh.”
“is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?”
“that I may find a little comfort”
“Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.”
“'You are my father;' to the worm”
“like a garment that is moth-eaten.”