10 Then should I yet have comfort, (though I burn with sorrow, let him not spare) [a]because I have not denied the words of the Holy one.

11 What power have I that I should endure? or what is mine [b]end, if I should prolong my life?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:10 That is, let me die at once, before I come to distrust in God’s promise through my impatience.
  2. Job 6:11 He fearest lest he should be brought to inconveniences, if his sorrows should continue.

10 Then I would still have this consolation(A)
    my joy in unrelenting pain(B)
    that I had not denied the words(C) of the Holy One.(D)

11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(E)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
    Is my flesh bronze?(F)

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