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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:12

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? It would require a man to have a body of brass, and strength like that of rocks, for him to be able to endure the ravages of such a disease, and yet to recover from it. Job cannot pretend to either. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:8

Oh that I might have my request - To wit, death. This he desired as the end of his sorrows, either that he might be freed from them, or that he might be admitted to a happy world - or both.Would grant me the thing that I long for - Margin, “My expectation.” That is, death. He expected it; he looked out for it; he was impatient that the hour should come. This state of feeling is not uncommon - where sorrows become so accumulated and intense that a man desires to die. It is no evidence, however,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:9

Even that it would please God to destroy me - To put me to death, and to release me from my sorrows; compare Job 3:20-21. The word rendered “destroy” here (דכא dâkâ') means properly to break in pieces, to crush, to trample under foot, to make small by bruising. Here the sense is, that Job wished that God would crush him, so as to take his life. The Septuagint renders it “wound” - τρωσάτω trōsatō. The Chaldee renders it, “Let God, who has begun to make me poor, loose his hand and make me... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:10

Then should I yet have comfort - Dr. Good renders this, “then would I already take comfort.” Noyes, “yet it should still be my consolation.” The literal sense is, “and there would be to me yet consolation;” or “my consolation would yet be.” That is, he would find comfort in the grave (compare Job 3:13 ff), or in the future world.I would harden myself in sorrow - Dr. Good renders this, “and I will leap for joy.” In a similar way Noyes renders it, “I would exult.” So Schultens understands the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:11

What is my strength, that I should hope? - Job had hitherto borne his trials without apprehension that he would lose his constancy of hope, or his confidence in God. He here seems to apprehend that his constancy might fail, and he therefore wishes to die before he should be left to dishonor God. He asks, therefore, what strength he had that he should hope to be able to sustain his trials much longer.And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? - Various interpretations have been given... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:12

Is my strength the strength of stones? - That is, like a rampart or fortification made of stones, or like a craggy rock that can endure assaults made upon it. A rock will bear the beatings of the tempest, and resist the floods, but how can frail man do it? The idea of Job is, that he had no strength to bear up against these accumulated trials; that he was afraid that he should be left to sink under them, and to complain of God; and that his friends were not to wonder if his strength gave way,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:8-9

Job 6:8-9. O that I might have my request! The thing which I so passionately desired, and which, notwithstanding all your vain words, and weak arguments, I still continue to desire, and beseech God to grant me. The thing that I long for! Hebrew, תקותי , tickvati, my hope or expectation. That it would please God to destroy me To end my days and calamities together: that he would let loose his hand Which is now, as it were, bound up or restrained from giving me that deadly blow which... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:10

Job 6:10. Then should I yet have comfort The thoughts of my approaching death would comfort me in all my sorrows, and yield me abundantly more solace than life, with all that worldly safety, and glory, and happiness, for which thou hast advised me to seek unto God. Yea, I would harden myself in sorrow I would bear up with more courage and patience, under all my torments, with the hopes of death and blessedness after death. Let him not spare Let him use all severity against me, so far as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:11

Job 6:11. What is my strength that I should hope? My strength is so small and spent, that although I may linger a while in my torments, yet I cannot live long, and therefore it is vain for me to hope for such a restitution as thou hast promised me, Job 5:22. And what is my end? What is the end of my life? Or, what is death to me? It is not terrible, but comfortable. That I should prolong my life? That I should desire or endeavour to prolong it, by seeking unto God for that purpose. But,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:12

Job 6:12. Is my strength the strength of stones? I am not made of stone or brass, but of flesh and blood, as others are; therefore I am not able to endure these miseries longer, and can neither desire nor hope for the continuance of my life. Bishop Patrick’s paraphrase on this verse is, “God hath not made me insensible; and therefore do not wonder that I desire to be released from these very sharp pains.” read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:8-9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:12

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