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Job 6:12 Cross-References
Explore 2 cross-references for Job 6:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 6 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? of brass: Heb. brasen?”
Job 6:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 6:12
Job continues: 'Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?' The rhetorical questions emphasize human frailty. Job isn't stone or brass—he's flesh, vulnerable and limited. Eliphaz's exhortations ignore Job's human limitations. This challenges the stoic ideal that the wise should be unmoved by circumstance, instead affirming that embodied humans legitimately feel pain. Reformed anthropology recognizes human frailty while pointing to God's strength perfected in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 6:12
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“His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.”
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