Job 6:11

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

Related Commentaries of 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 hi...
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 inco...
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 impatien...
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 s...
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.
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...
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 j...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Prolong my life] RV 'be patient.' Since there is nothing but death before him, how can he help being impatient for its arrival?
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 hea...
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 ra...
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 d...
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...
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 pre...
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...
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 lon...
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 s...
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;...
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...
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 apprehende...
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...
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 th...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Defends his Desire for Death
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

What is my strength that I should hope, continue to wait, persevere as heretofore? And what is mine end that I should prolong my life, literally, "...
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
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 t...

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Related Commentaries of Job 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 6:11