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Job 6:12

World English Bible

Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of bronze?

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Job 6:12 in other translations

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Job 6:12 · American Standard Version

Job 6:12 in context

  1. 10Let still be my consolation,
    yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,
    that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  2. 11What is my strength, that I should wait?
    What is my end, that I should be patient?
  3. 12Is my strength the strength of stones?
    Or is my flesh of bronze?
  4. 13Isn’t it that I have no help in me,
    That wisdom is driven quite from me?
  5. 14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;
    even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.