Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
If their fathers could be of no profit to me, much less the sons, who are feebler than their sires; and in whose case the hope of attaining old age х kaalach (H3624)] (Job 5:26, similarly) is utterly gone, so puny are they (Maurer). Even if they had "strength of hands," that could be now of no use to me, as all I want in my present affliction is sympathy. But they have not even strength. Umbreit translates the latter clause, 'With them even old age must perish:' so inhuman are they that aged men, whose sufferings ought to excite pity, are allowed to perish near them without a helping hand!