Job 6:12

12 Am I as strong as stone? Is my body made out of bronze?

Job 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 6:12

[Is] my strength the strength of stones?
&c.] Is it like such especially which are foundation and corner stones that support a building? or like a stone pillar, that will bear a prodigious weight? no, it is not:

or [is] my flesh of brass?
is it made of brass? or is it like to brass for hardness, or for sustaining any weight laid on it? it is not; and, therefore, it cannot bear up under the ponderous load of afflictions on it, but must sink and fail; it is but flesh and blood, and that flesh like grass, weak and feeble; and, therefore, death is better than life laden with such an insupportable burden.

Job 6:12 In-Context

10 Then I'd still have one thing to comfort me. It would be that I haven't said no to the Holy One's commands. That would give me joy in spite of my pain that never ends.

11 "I'm so weak that I no longer have any hope. Things have gotten so bad that I can't wait for help anymore.

12 Am I as strong as stone? Is my body made out of bronze?

13 I don't have the power to help myself. All hope of success has been taken away from me.

14 "A man's friends should love him when his hope is gone. They should be faithful to him even if he stops showing respect for the Mighty One.