Job 6:11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future,…”

Job 6:11

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?

Darby Translation

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

Young's Literal Translation

What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

Bible in Basic English

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

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Cross references

“What”

Psalm 103:14–16 Job 17:1 Psalm 39:5 Psalm 102:23 Job 7:5–7 Job 10:20

Psalm 103:14–16 · BSB

For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

Job 17:1 · BSB

“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.

Psalm 39:5 · BSB

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Psalm 102:23 · BSB

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

Job 7:5–7 · BSB

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Job 10:20 · BSB

Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

Also

Job 21:4

Job 21:4 · BSB

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

12Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

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