Job 6:11
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
אָרַךְ
ʼârak
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
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