OLD TESTAMENT

Job 6:11

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What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

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Verse 11. End. Septuagint “time.” I am too weak and short-lived to bear all this. Bible.—I can perceive no end. Menochius.—Keep. Prot. “prolong my life.” Bible.—“What is the extent of my soul, to reach so far?” Calmet.—Longanimity is the characteristic of a great soul. Bible.

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