Job 6:12

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What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?	[Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?	[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Is my strength^H3581 the strength^H3581 of stones^H68? or is my flesh^H1320 of brass^H5153?

Original Hebrew

אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחוּשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	(if)?
כֹּ֣חַ	Ko.ach	H3581	HNcmsc	(the) strength of
אֲבָנִ֣ים	'a.va.Nim	H68	HNcfpa	stones
כֹּחִ֑/י	ko.Ch/i	H3581	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	(is) strength/ my
אִֽם	'im-	H518	HC	or?
בְּשָׂרִ֥/י	be.sa.R/i	H1320	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	(is) flesh/ my
נָחֽוּשׁ	na.Chush	H5153	HAamsa	bronze

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
H3581 — כֹּחַ (kôach, ko'-akh): or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard; ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
H5153 — נָחוּשׁ (nâchûwsh, naw-khoosh'): apparently passive participle of נָחַשׁ (perhaps in the sense of ringing), i.e. bell-metal; or from the red color of the throat of a serpent (נָחָשׁ, as denominative) when hissing); coppery, i.e. (figuratively) hard; of brass.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (1): Exodus 38:2

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