Job 6:11

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

Cross-reference

Job 6:8 Parallel

In Job 6:8, Job wishes for death; the cross-reference shows the progression from that wish to questioning his strength to hope.

Job 7:5–7 Parallel

Job 7:5-7 describes worms, decay, and 'spent without hope,' directly illustrating the hopelessness Job questions in 6:11.

Job 17:1 Parallel

In Job 17:1, Job intensifies his despair, saying his breath is corrupt and graves are ready—echoing the hopelessness of Job 6:11.

In Job 17:14-16, Job calls corruption his father and asks 'where is my hope?'—directly echoing the hopelessness of Job 6:11.

Job 7:6 Parallel

In Job 7:6, Job says his days are spent without hope—a direct echo of the hopelessness in Job 6:11.

Job 11:18 Contrast

In Job 11:18, Zophar tells Job there is hope if he repents—contrasting Job's claim that he has no strength to hope.

Job 17:15 Parallel

In Job 17:15, Job again asks 'Where is my hope?' — echoing the same despair about lost hope and the futility of waiting.

Job 19:10 Parallel

Job 19:10 describes hope plucked up like a tree — a vivid image confirming the destruction of hope that Job questions in 6:11.

Job 10:20 Parallel

Job 10:20 asks to be left alone for a little comfort, echoing Job's lament in 6:11 over lacking strength to hope.

Job 13:28 Parallel

Job 13:28 depicts a rotting, moth-eaten state — a physical decay that parallels Job's sense of weakness in 6:11.

Psalm 102:23 says God weakened his strength and shortened his days—directly paralleling Job's complaint about strength and end.

Lamentations 3:18 says 'my hope from the LORD has perished' — directly parallel to Job's own loss of hope expressed in 6:11.

Psalm 39:5 Related theme

Psalm 39:5 declares man's days as a handbreadth and vanity—a parallel to Job's lament about his strength and life's brevity.

Psalm 90:5–10 Related theme

Psalm 90:5-10 describes life as a flood, grass, quickly cut off—mirroring Job's theme of brief, hopeless life.

Psalm 103:14–16 Related theme

Psalm 103:14-16 says God remembers we are dust, our days like grass—a hopeful parallel to Job's view of human frailty.