Hiob 6:13

13 Ist es nicht also, daß keine Hilfe in mir, und jede Kraft aus mir vertrieben ist?

Hiob 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Job 6:13

[Is] my help in me?
&c.] Or "my defence" ^F25, as some; is it not in my power to defend myself against the calumnies and reproaches cast upon me? it is; and, though one have no help in myself to bear my burdens, or extricate myself out of my difficulties, yet I have the testimony of a good conscience within me, that supports me; and I have the strength and force of reason and argument on my side, to defend me against all objectors:

and is wisdom driven from me?
either sound doctrine, the law ^F26, or, rather, the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery, revealed in the words of the Holy One before mentioned; or wisdom in the hidden part, the fear of God, which is wisdom, true grace in the heart, which, when once implanted, can never be driven out; or natural reason and understanding, of which he was not bereaved; for, though his body was thus sorely afflicted, he retained his reasoning and intellectual faculties. The words, in connection with the former, may be read, "what, if help is not with me, is wisdom also driven quite from me?"

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 does it follow, because I am not able to help myself out of this afflicted and distressed condition in which I am, that I am deprived of my reason? or be it that I am such a weak impotent creature, and even distracted, as you take me to be, should I not then rather be pitied than insulted? so some ^F2 connect the words following.

F25 (yb ytrze) "defensio mea penes me", Junius et Tremellius, Piscator.
F26 (hyvwt) "lex", Mercerus; so Peritsol.
F1 So Cocceius and Schultens.
F2 So De Dieu.

Hiob 6:13 In-Context

11 Was ist meine Kraft, daß ich ausharren, und was mein Ende, daß ich mich gedulden sollte?

12 Ist Kraft der Steine meine Kraft, oder ist mein Fleisch von Erz?

13 Ist es nicht also, daß keine Hilfe in mir, und jede Kraft aus mir vertrieben ist?

14 Dem Verzagten gebührt Milde von seinem Freunde, sonst wird er die Furcht des Allmächtigen verlassen.

15 Meine Brüder haben sich trügerisch erwiesen wie ein Wildbach, wie das Bett der Wildbäche, welche hinschwinden,