Job 6:12
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My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.

of brass.

Job 40:18 His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Job 41:24 His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil.

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
11For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end, that I should keep patience? 12My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.13Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.…
Cross References
Job 6:11
For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end, that I should keep patience?

Job 6:13
Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.

Job 26:2
Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?

Lexicon
Is my strength
כֹּ֣חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

like that
כֹּחִ֑י (kō·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

of stone,
אֲבָנִ֣ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

my flesh
בְּשָׂרִ֥י (bə·śā·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

made of bronze?
נָחֽוּשׁ׃ (nā·ḥūš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5153: Coppery, hard


Additional Translations
Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
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