Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
- Ps 39:5 : 5 Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)
- Ps 102:23 : 23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.
- Ps 103:14-16 : 14 For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. 15 A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, 16 but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
- Ps 90:5-9 : 5 You bring their lives to an end and they“fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; 6 in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. 9 Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. 10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
- Job 17:14-16 : 14 If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’ 15 where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it? 16 Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
- Job 21:4 : 4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
- Job 7:5-7 : 5 My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering. 6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
- Job 10:20 : 20 Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
- Job 13:25 : 25 Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
- Job 13:28 : 28 So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
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2 Moreover, the strength of their hands– what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;
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4 “O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
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47 Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
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11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.
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6 Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
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11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?
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29 If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
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23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.
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12 My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.
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18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
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2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
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5 Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,
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9 (41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.
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12 Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?