Job 6:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? ”

• Job 6:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  What is my strength, that I should hope? - Job had hitherto borne his trials without apprehension that he would lose his constancy of hope, or his confidence in God. He here seems to apprehend th...

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• Job 6:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine (h) end, that I should prolong my life? (h) He fears lest he should be brought to inconveniences, if his sorrows should continue.

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• Job 6:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Job in his reply deals first of all with the charge of impatience. He catches up the word used by Eliphaz ( Job 5:2 ), and declares that his impatience does but balance his calamity ( Job 6:1 f.). T...

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• Job 6:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? What is my strength - I can never suppose that my strength will be restored; and, were that possible,...

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• Job 6:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And what is mine end, &c.?— Or, what is mine end, that I should wish it to be deferred? Houbigant.

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• Job 6:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? What is my strength - so as to warrant the hope of restoration to health? a hope which Eliphaz ha...

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• Job 6:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Speech of Job ( Job 6:7 ) 1-13. Job, smarting under the remarks of Eliphaz, which he feels are not appropriate to his case, renews and justifies his complaints. He bemoans the heaviness...

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• Job 6:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Prolong my life. — This is the literal rendering; but some understand be patient, as in our phrase, long- suffering.

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• Job 6:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 Job SPEAKS WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own heart because no channel outside self is provided for...

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• Job 6:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “A Deceitful Brook” Job 6:1-30 The burden of Job's complaint is the ill-treatment meted out by his friends. They had accused him of speaking rashly, but they had not measured the greatness of h...

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• Job 6:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Job's answer is a magnificent and terrible outcry. First, he speaks of his pain as a protest against the method of Eliphaz. His reply is not to the deduction which Eliphaz' argument suggested, but ra...

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• Job 6:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (11) What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? (12) Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? (13) Is not my help in me? and...

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• Job 6:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  What [is] my strength, that I should hope ?.... For a perfect restoration of health, suggested by Eliphaz; since it was so sadly weakened by the present affliction, which made death more desirable t...

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• Job 6:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life? Ver. 11. What is my strength, that I should hope? ] q.d. Thou hast told me, O Eliphaz, that if I...

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• Job 6:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  What is my strength that I should hope? My strength is so small and spent, that although I may linger a while in my torments, yet I cannot live long, and therefore it is vain for me to hope for suc...

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• Job 6:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ (vv.1-30) It is remarkable that Job, being in the painful condition he was, was still able to reply in such capable and stirring language to Eliphaz. He knew that Eliphaz...

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• Job 6:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!   9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!...

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• Job 6:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  My strength is so small and spent, that although I may linger a while in my torments, yet I cannot live long, and therefore it is vain and absurd for me to hope for such a restitution of my strength...

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• Job 6:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Justifies his complaint ( Job 6:2 ). “O that my grief were thoroughly weighed,” &c. Job’s case neither apprehended nor appreciated by his friends. Desires ferventl...

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• Job 6:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 6:4 . The poison of the arrows absorbed his spirits. In 1822, when Campbel the missionary travelled in South Africa, a bushman shot one of his men in the back with a poisoned arrow. He languis...

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• Job 6:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  But Job answered and said. Job’s answer to Eliphaz We must come upon grief in one of two ways and Job seems to have come upon grief in a way that is to be deprecated. He came upon it late in li...

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• Job 6:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 6:1-18 . and 7. contain Job's reply to Eliphaz. In Job 6:1-18 . he confines himself to three points: (1) a justification of his "grief"— i.e. of his vexation and impatience...

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• Job 6:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Defends his Desire for Death

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• Job 6:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 10:20 ; Job 13:25 ; Job 13:28 ; Job 17:1 ; Job 17:14-16 ; Job 7:5-7 ; Psalms 102:23 ; Psalms 103:14-16 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Psalms 90:5-10

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• Job 6:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Strength — My strength is so spent, that it is vain for me to hope for such restitution as thou hast promised me, Job 5:22 . End — What is death to me? It is not terrible, but comfortable. That —...

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