Job 6:11
What does Job 6:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 6:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
KJV
King James Version · 1611What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862What <FI>is<Fi> my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end, that I should keep patience?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 17:1
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
- Job 13:25
Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
- Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
- Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
- Psalms 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
- Job 10:20
Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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