Job 6:11

New English Translation

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Cross References

Job 10:20

Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

Job 13:25

Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?

Job 13:28

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

Job 17:13

If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Job 21:4

Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

Job 26:2

“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!

Job 6:12

Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?

Psalm 102:23

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

Psalm 39:4

“O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.