Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?

New American Standard Bible

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

King James Version

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Holman Bible

What strength do I have that I should continue to hope?
What is my future, that I should be patient?

A Conservative Version

What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?

American Standard Version

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

Amplified


“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

Bible in Basic English

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

Darby Translation

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

Julia Smith Translation

For what my strength that I shall wait and what my end, that I shall prolong my soul?

King James 2000

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Lexham Expanded Bible

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

Modern King James verseion

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient?

NET Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

New Heart English Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

The Emphasized Bible

What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?

Webster

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

World English Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

Youngs Literal Translation

What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
What is my strength
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

and what is mine end
קץ 
Qets 
Usage: 67

ארך 
'arak 
Usage: 34

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

10 At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say. 11 "Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient? 12 Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man?

Cross References

Job 7:5-7

My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.

Job 10:20

My days are so few, aren't they? So leave me alone, then, so I can smile a little

Job 13:25

Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?

Job 13:28

So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."

Job 17:1

"My spirit is crushed, my days are over; it's the grave for me!

Job 17:14-16

if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!'

Job 21:4

After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient?

Psalm 39:5

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Psalm 90:5-10

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

Psalm 102:23

He has weakened my strength along the way. He has cut short my days.

Psalm 103:14-16

For he knows how we were formed, aware that we were made from dust.

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