OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Job 6:12

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Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh of bronze?

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Job 6:9–15

9

even that it would please God to crush me;

that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10

Let it 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.

11

What is my strength, that I should wait?

What is my end, that I should be patient?

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Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh of bronze?

13

Isn’t it that I have no help in me,

that wisdom is driven away from me?

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.

15

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,

as the channel of brooks that pass away;

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