Key Verse Spotlight
Job 6:11 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?”
Job 6:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?
{Is} my strength the strength of stones? or {is} my flesh of brass? {of brass: Heb. brasen?}
{Is} not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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