Job 6:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“What <FI>is<Fi> my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 6:11 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
  2. Job 10:20Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
  3. Job 13:25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
  4. Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
  5. Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
  6. Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
  7. Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
  8. Job 17:15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
  9. Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
  10. Psalms 39:5You, 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
  11. Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
  12. Psalms 102:23He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
  13. Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

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