Job 6:13 Meaning and Explanation
“Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job feels that every inner resource of help and wisdom has been stripped away from him.
What Does Job 6:13 Mean?
Job looks within for any reserve of self-help or wisdom and finds the cupboard bare. The verse reads almost as a despairing question: is there anything left in me at all? It seems even sound judgment has been driven out.
When a person reaches the bottom of their own resources, the door opens to a deeper dependence. Job's emptiness is not the last word. Scripture promises that the Lord gives wisdom to those who lack it and ask for it, and that His help arrives precisely where our own runs dry. Genuine hope often begins exactly here.
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What does Job 6:13 mean?
Job feels that every inner resource of help and wisdom has been stripped away from him.