Job 6:13 — Meaning and Application

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?

To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, {and} as the stream of brooks they pass away;