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and is wisdom driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>Is</i> my help not within me? And is success driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Is it that my help is not within me, And that a good outcome is driven away from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Is it that there is no help within me, And that the <i>success</i> of sound wisdom is driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Is it that I have no help within myself, And that success <i>and</i> wisdom have been driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since I cannot help myself, the hope for success has been banished from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Since I cannot help myself, the hope for success has been banished from me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and I have finally reached the end of my rope. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Is it not that I have no help in me, and that effectual working is driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Am I not completely helpless? Haven't my skills been taken away from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I have no strength left to save myself; there is nowhere I can turn for help. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is my help not with me, "" And substance driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if not my help in me? and deliverance fled from me?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, there is no help for me in myself, and my loved ones also have withdrawn from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Have I no helper, and has my good sense deserted me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, his help is not in me, and his salvation is far off from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Now his help is not in me, and his salvation stays far away from me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is it that I have no help in me, And that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Or have I not trusted in him? but help is <i>far</i> from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=907" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ha·’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">Is there any</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833: ‘ez·rā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Help, helper, assistance. Or mezrath; feminine of ezer; aid.">help</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">within me</a> <a href="/hebrew/8454.htm" title="8454: wə·ṯu·šî·yāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Or tushiyah; from an unused root probably meaning to substantiate; support or ability, i.e. help, an undertaking, understanding.">now that success</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: nid·də·ḥāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">is driven</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from me?</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-11.htm">Psalm 22:11</a></span><br />Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-1.htm">Psalm 46:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29</a></span><br />He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-13.htm">Philippians 4:13</a></span><br />I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-1.htm">Psalm 121:1-2</a></span><br />A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? / My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a></span><br />But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a></span><br />I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Psalm 73:26</a></span><br />My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-7.htm">Isaiah 50:7</a></span><br />Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a></span><br />In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-1.htm">Psalm 18:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength. / The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a></span><br />Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?</p><p class="hdg">Is not my.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-28.htm">Job 19:28</a></b></br> But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/1-12.htm">2 Corinthians 1:12</a></b></br> For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/6-4.htm">Galatians 6:4</a></b></br> But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.</p><p class="hdg">and is wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-2.htm">Job 12:2,3</a></b></br> No doubt but ye <i>are</i> the people, and wisdom shall die with you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-2.htm">Job 13:2</a></b></br> What ye know, <i>the same</i> do I know also: I <i>am</i> not inferior unto you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/4-20.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/5-1.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/6-11.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-11.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/job/4-12.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/titus/2-8.htm">Soundness</a> <a href="/job/6-6.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/job/5-12.htm">Success</a> <a href="/esther/9-30.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/job/5-12.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/13-5.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/job/10-7.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/job/13-25.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/6-21.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Power</a> <a href="/job/19-13.htm">Quite</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Soundness</a> <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/psalms/118-25.htm">Success</a> <a href="/job/9-2.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/job/8-10.htm">Wisdom</a> <a href="/job/10-13.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Is there any help within me</b><br>Job expresses a deep sense of helplessness and despair. This phrase reflects his internal struggle and the feeling of being abandoned by God. In the broader context of the Book of Job, Job's friends have failed to provide him with comfort or understanding, leaving him to question his own resources and strength. This sentiment echoes the human condition of seeking divine assistance when personal strength is insufficient, as seen in <a href="/psalms/121.htm">Psalm 121:1-2</a>, where the psalmist looks to the Lord for help.<p><b>now that success is driven from me?</b><br>Job acknowledges the loss of his former prosperity and status. Historically, Job was a man of great wealth and influence, as described in <a href="/job/1-3.htm">Job 1:3</a>. The cultural context of the Ancient Near East placed significant value on material success as a sign of divine favor. Job's lament highlights the reversal of his fortunes, which he perceives as a divine act. This situation foreshadows the suffering of Christ, who, despite being the Son of God, experienced rejection and loss (<a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7-8</a>). Job's experience serves as a type of Christ's own suffering and ultimate vindication.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing immense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lamentation over his suffering, having lost his wealth, children, and health.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_human_limitations.htm">Acknowledging Human Limitations</a></b><br>Job's question highlights the reality of human frailty. We must recognize our limitations and the need for divine strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>In times of distress, believers are encouraged to rely on God rather than their own abilities, as human strength is often insufficient.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Faith in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lamentation invites believers to explore the role of faith during trials, understanding that faith does not eliminate suffering but provides a framework for enduring it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_search_for_meaning.htm">The Search for Meaning</a></b><br>Job's experience encourages believers to seek God's purpose in their suffering, trusting that God is sovereign even when circumstances are dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>Job's isolation in his suffering reminds us of the importance of community and support from fellow believers during difficult times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_census-taking.htm">Why does God kill people for taking a census (2 Samuel 24:1-15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_20_6-7_align_with_history.htm">In Job 20:6-7, how can Zophar's claim that the wicked perish quickly align with historical records showing many oppressive rulers prospered for extended periods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._28_link_prosperity_to_obedience.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 28 emphasize material prosperity or catastrophe as divine favor or curse, while other passages (e.g., Job) depict suffering as potentially unrelated to personal obedience?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Is not my help in me?</span>--It is in passages such as these that the actual meaning of Job is so obscure and his words so difficult. The sense may be, "Is it not that I have no help in me, and wisdom is driven quite from me?" or yet again, "Is it because there is no help in me that therefore wisdom is driven far from me?" as is the case by your reproaches and insinuations. (See especially <a href="/job/5-2.htm" title="For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.">Job 5:2</a>; <a href="/job/5-27.htm" title="See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.">Job 5:27</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is not my help in me?</span> rather, <span class="accented">Is it not that I have no help in me?</span> (Revised Version). Job feels that, instead of having exceptional strength of constitution to enable him to bear up against his exhausting malady, he is absolutely without strength. All his vital power is used up. There is no help in him. <span class="cmt_word">And is wisdom driven quite from me?</span> rather, I<span class="accented">s not soundness driven quite from me? Tushiyah</span> seems to mean here "strength of constitution" - that internal soundness which resists the inroads of disease, and sometimes triumphs over the most serious maladies. Whatever reserve of this kind he may have possessed by nature, it is now, Job feels, altogether lost and gone from him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Is] there any</span><br /><span class="heb">הַאִ֬ם</span> <span class="translit">(ha·’im)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">help</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶזְרָתִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ez·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5833.htm">Strong's 5833: </a> </span><span class="str2">Help, helper, assistance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">within me,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">now that success</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯu·šî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8454.htm">Strong's 8454: </a> </span><span class="str2">Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is driven</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדְּחָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(nid·də·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impel, thrust, banish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from me?</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-13.htm">Job 6:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:13 Isn't it that I have no help (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/6-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 6:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 6:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/6-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 6:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 6:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>