What is the meaning of Job 6:13? Is there any help • Job’s opening question lays bare a heart that feels abandoned. He wonders if any resource remains to meet his crisis (cf. Job 6:11-12). • Scripture consistently redirects such questions toward God as the true Helper—“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). • Like David who cried, “From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD” (Psalm 121:1-2), Job’s lament points forward to the only sufficient answer. Within me • Job turns inward, searching his own soul for reserves of strength. Yet Proverbs 28:26 warns, “He who trusts in himself is a fool.” • The believer’s sufficiency never rests in personal grit but in the indwelling presence of God (2 Corinthians 3:5; Philippians 4:13). • Job’s honest self-examination shows how human frailty drives us to acknowledge dependence on the Lord (2 Corinthians 1:9). Now that success • “Success” (or “resource, deliverance”) had once characterized Job’s life (Job 1:3). He was honored, wealthy, secure. • Sudden loss stripped away every outward sign of God’s favor, echoing Moses’ warning: “Remember the LORD…for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth” (Deuteronomy 8:18). • The shift from prosperity to adversity highlights a key biblical theme: earthly success is temporary, but God remains constant (Hebrews 13:5-6). Is driven from me • Job feels that all avenues of deliverance have been “driven” far away, leaving him isolated (Job 19:13-19). • Similar wording appears in Lamentations 3:17: “My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.” • Yet even here God is not absent; He is teaching that hope must rest in Him alone (Psalm 73:26; 2 Corinthians 4:8-10). summary Job 6:13 captures the moment a suffering saint recognizes that every human prop has collapsed. By asking whether any help remains “within me,” Job exposes the bankruptcy of self-reliance and is positioned to discover that true help comes only from the LORD. His words invite us to shift our trust from personal success to the ever-present Helper whose strength is perfected in our weakness. |
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