Job 6:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:11 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:11 — KJV
“What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?”
— Job 6:11 (KJV)
Job 6:11 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:11
“Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:11: should, mine, life
“For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:11: strength, mine, life
“I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life”
Shares key themes with Job 6:11: should, mine, life
“Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. with...: or, from the thrum”
Shares key themes with Job 6:11: mine, end, life
“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: by...: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him”
Shares key themes with Job 6:11: strength, should, life
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