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New Century Version

Job 6:11

"I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Death;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hope-Despair;   Life;   Weariness of Life;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Contrite;   Greatness of God;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hope;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Patience;   Prolong;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?What is my future, that I should be patient?
Hebrew Names Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
King James Version
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
English Standard Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
New English Translation
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
Amplified Bible
"What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
New American Standard Bible
"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
World English Bible
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
Geneva Bible (1587)
What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
Legacy Standard Bible
What is my strength, that I should wait?And what is my end, that I should endure?
Berean Standard Bible
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Contemporary English Version
Why should I patiently hope when my strength is gone?
Complete Jewish Bible
"Have I enough strength to go on waiting? What end can I expect, that I should be patient?
Darby Translation
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
Easy-to-Read Version
"With my strength gone, I have no hope to go on living. With nothing to look forward to, why should I be patient?
George Lamsa Translation
What is my strength, that I should endure? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Good News Translation
What strength do I have to keep on living? Why go on living when I have no hope?
Lexham English Bible
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should hold out?
Literal Translation
What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should prolong my life?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
What power haue I to endure? Or? what is myne ende, that my soule might be paciet?
American Standard Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
Bible in Basic English
Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For what powre haue I to endure? And what is myne end, that my soule might be patient?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
King James Version (1611)
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
English Revised Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, at I should be patient?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi, what is my strengthe, that Y suffre? ethir which is myn ende, that Y do pacientli?
Update Bible Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Webster's Bible Translation
What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?
New King James Version
"What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
New Living Translation
But I don't have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.
New Life Bible
What strength have I, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should not give up?
New Revised Standard
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
Douay-Rheims Bible
For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end, that I should keep patience?
Revised Standard Version
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Young's Literal Translation
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

Contextual Overview

8 "How I wish that I might have what I ask for and that God would give me what I hope for. 9 How I wish God would crush me and reach out his hand to destroy me. 10 Then I would have this comfort and be glad even in this unending pain, because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One. 11 "I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient? 12 I do not have the strength of stone; my flesh is not bronze. 13 I have no power to help myself, because success has been taken away from me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Job 7:5-7, Job 10:20, Job 13:25, Job 13:28, Job 17:1, Job 17:14-16, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 90:5-10, Psalms 102:23, Psalms 103:14-16

Reciprocal: Job 6:8 - the thing that I long for Job 7:6 - without hope Job 11:18 - because Job 15:22 - He believeth not Job 17:15 - my hope Job 19:10 - mine hope Isaiah 38:10 - General Lamentations 3:18 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.
Genesis 6:2
When the sons of God saw that these girls were beautiful, they married any of them they chose.
Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.
Genesis 10:9
He was a great hunter before the Lord , which is why people say someone is "like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord ."
Genesis 13:13
Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord .
2 Chronicles 34:27
When you heard my words against this place and its people, you became sorry for what you had done and you humbled yourself before me. You tore your clothes to show how upset you were, and you cried in my presence. This is why I have heard you, says the Lord .
Psalms 11:5
The Lord tests those who do right, but he hates the wicked and those who love to hurt others.
Psalms 55:9
Lord, destroy and confuse their words, because I see violence and fighting in the city.
Psalms 140:11
Don't let liars settle in the land. Let evil quickly hunt down cruel people.
Isaiah 60:18
There will be no more violence in your country; it will not be ruined or destroyed. You will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What [is] my strength, that I should hope?.... For a perfect restoration of health, suggested by Eliphaz; since it was so sadly weakened by the present affliction, which made death more desirable than life lengthened out in so much weakness, pain, and sorrow; or "that I should bear" w, such a weight and heavy load that lay upon him, and crushed him, and to which his strength was not equal; or continue and endure x;

what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? what end can be answered by living, or desiring a long life? His children were gone, and none left to take care of and provide for; his substance was taken away from him, so that he had not to support himself, nor to be useful to others, to the poor; he had lost all power, authority, and influence, among men, and could be no more serviceable by his counsel and advice, and by the administration of justice and equity as a civil magistrate; and as to religious matters, he was reckoned an hypocrite and a wicked man by his friends, and had lost his character and interest as a good man; and so for him to live could answer no valuable end, and, therefore, he desires to die; for what is here, and in Job 6:12 said, contain reasons of his above request.

w כי איחל οτι υπομενω, Sept. "ut sustineam", V. L. x "Ut durem", Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is my strength, that I should hope? - Job had hitherto borne his trials without apprehension that he would lose his constancy of hope, or his confidence in God. He here seems to apprehend that his constancy might fail, and he therefore wishes to die before he should be left to dishonor God. He asks, therefore, what strength he had that he should hope to be able to sustain his trials much longer.

And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? - Various interpretations have been given of this passage. Some suppose it means, “What is the limit of my strength? How long will it last?” Others, “What end is there to be to my miseries?” Others, “How distant is mine end? How long have I to live?” Noyes renders it, “And what is mine end that I should be patient?” Rosenmuller supposes that the word “end” here means the “end of his strength,” or that he had not such fortitude as to be certain that he could long bear his trials without complaining or murmuring. The phrase rendered “prolong my life,” probably means rather “to lengthen the patience,” or to hold out under accumulated sorrows. The word rendered life נפשׁ nephesh often means soul, spirit, mind, as well as life, and the sense is, that he could not hope, from any strength that he had, to bear without complaining these trials until the natural termination of his life; and hence, he wished God to grant his request, and to destroy him. Feeling that his patience was sinking under his calamities, be says that it would be better for him to die than be left to dishonor his Maker. It is just the state of feeling which many a sufferer has, that his trials are so great that nature will sink under them, and that death would be a relief. Then is the time to look to God for support and consolation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 6:11. What is my strength — I can never suppose that my strength will be restored; and, were that possible, have I any comfortable prospect of a happy termination of my life? Had I any prospect of future happiness, I might well bear my present ills; but the state of my body and the state of my circumstances preclude all hope.


 
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