Job 6:13

Job 6:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
• New International Version (NIV)Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is my help not within me? And is success driven from me?

Context of Job 6:13

11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life? 12Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze? Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me? 14“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

Job 6:13 word by word

הַאִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• not my helpעֶזְרָה‛ezrâh ‛ezrâth · helpH5833
• in me? and is wisdomתּוּשִׁיָּהtûshîyâh tûshîyâh · wisdomH8454
• driven quiteנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080

Cross-references for Job 6:13

• Job 19:28If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’
• 2 Corinthians 1:12For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God – not by human wisdom but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
• Galatians 6:4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.
• Job 12:2“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
• Job 13:2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

Commentaries on Job 6:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Is not my help in me? - My help is all in myself; and, alas! that is perfect weakness: and my subsistence, תושיה tushiyah, all that is real, stable, and permanent, is driven quite from me. My friends have forsaken me, and I am abandoned to myself; my property is all taken away, and I have no resources left. I believe Job neither said, nor intended to say, as some interpreters have it, Reason is utterly driven from me. Surely there is no mark in this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Is not my help in me? - This would be better rendered in an affirmative manner, or as an exclamation. The interrogative form of the previous verses need not be continued in this. The sense is, “alas! there is no help in me!” That is, “I have no strength; I must give up under these sorrows in despair.” So it is rendered by Jerome, Rosenmuller, Good, Noyes, and others. And is wisdom quite driven from me? - This, also, should be read as an affirmation…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Job had desired death as the happy end of his miseries. For this, Eliphaz had reproved him, but he asks for it again with more vehemence than before. It was very rash to speak thus of God destroying him. Who, for one hour, could endure the wrath of the Almighty, if he let loose his hand against him? Let us rather say with David, O spare me a little. Job grounds his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience, that he had been, in some degree…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Is not my help in me?--The interrogation is better omitted. "There is no help in me!" For "wisdom," "deliverance" is a better rendering. "And deliverance is driven quite from me."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 6:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Self-Righteousness

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Commentaries on Job 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings