Job 6:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

What is my strength, that I should hope; my end, that my life should drag on?

Catholic Public Domain Version

For what is my strength, that I may continue? Or what is my goal, so that I may act patiently?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For what is my strength, that I can hold out? Or what is my end that I should keep patience?

Job 6:11 Cross References

Job 10:20

Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort

Job 13:25

Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?

Job 13:28

Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Job 17:13

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,

Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?

Job 26:2

“How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength!

Job 6:12

Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

Psalm 102:23

He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.

Psalm 39:4

“Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah