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Job 6:11
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What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?What is my future, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
"I do not have the strength to wait. There is nothing to hope for, so why should I be patient?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
"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?
"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
What is my strength, that I should wait?And what is my end, that I should endure?
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Why should I patiently hope when my strength is gone?
"Have I enough strength to go on waiting? What end can I expect, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
"With my strength gone, I have no hope to go on living. With nothing to look forward to, why should I be patient?
What is my strength, that I should endure? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What strength do I have to keep on living? Why go on living when I have no hope?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should hold out?
What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should prolong my life?
What power haue I to endure? Or? what is myne ende, that my soule might be paciet?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
For what powre haue I to endure? And what is myne end, that my soule might be patient?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life?
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, at I should be patient?
For whi, what is my strengthe, that Y suffre? ethir which is myn ende, that Y do pacientli?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?
"What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
But I don't have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.
What strength have I, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should not give up?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
Contextual Overview
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
And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.
And the Lord said to him: Go in, thou and all thy house, into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.
And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.
And thy heart was softened, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of God for the things that are spoken against this place, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and reverencing my face, hast rent thy garments, and wept before me: I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
(10-6) The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity, hateth his own soul.
(54-10) Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
(139-12) A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
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.
