Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
KJV
Quæ est enim fortitudo mea, ut sustineam ? aut quis finis meus, ut patienter agam ?
Vulgate
τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς, ὅτι ὑπομένω; ἢ τίς μου ὁ χρόνος, ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή;
LXX
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
ASV
מַה כֹּחִ֥/י כִֽי אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּ/מַה קִּ֝צִּ֗/י כִּֽי אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
ן
n
verb · 34×
קֵּ֖ץ
qts
noun · 66×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 7:6 — My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
- Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- Job 17:1 — My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
- Job 17:15 — And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
- Ps 39:5 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Ps 102:23 — He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
- Ps 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.