Job 6:13

"Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?"

Key Reflection

In Job 6:13, these words reflect Job's despair, suggesting that his physical and spiritual strength are as frail as stone or as unyielding as bronze—both extremes highlighting his utter helplessness in the face of trials. This imagery underscores his reliance on God for true strength and support.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Is 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, “deliverance is driven from me.” The word rendered wisdom (תשׁיהtûshı̂yâh) means properly a setting upright; then help, deliverance; and then purpose, enterprise; see the notes atJob 5:12.

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