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 hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Job 6:13 word by word

הַאִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

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

Cross-references for Job 6:13

• Job 19:28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
• 2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
• Galatians 6:4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
• Job 12:2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
• Job 13:2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto 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