Job 6:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:18 : 18 Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.
  • Job 41:24 : 24 On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

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  • Job 6:10-11
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    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

    11 Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

  • 13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

  • 18 Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

  • 4 My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

  • 10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • 15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • 2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

  • 14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Job 40:8-9
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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

    9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

  • 18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.

  • 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

  • 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

  • 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

  • 12 Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?

  • Job 10:5-6
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    5 Are your days as the days of man, or your years like his,

    6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

  • 10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

  • 19 ...

  • 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • 15 Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

  • Job 30:18-19
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    69%

    18 With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

    19 Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

  • 22 May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

  • 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

  • 5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

  • 20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • 23 He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.

  • 18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

  • 1 My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

  • 4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • 24 If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

  • 12 Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

  • 6 Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

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    2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

  • 2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • 3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

  • 2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!

  • 3 For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

  • 23 After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

  • 11 By you I was clothed with skin and flesh, and joined together with bones and muscles.

  • 5 My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.

  • 8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

  • 13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

  • 3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

  • 9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?