Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
The verse stands inside the extended dispute about his afflictions between Job and his three friends, which spans Job 4 through 31. Within that dispute it belongs to Job's account of his former condition set against his present misery. There it asks what profit the strength of the hands of the young men who served him could bring him, since old age had perished in them and their vigor and usefulness had faded.
The verse stands inside the extended dispute about his afflictions between Job and his three friends, which spans Job 4 through 31. Within that dispute it belongs to Job's account of his former condition set against his present misery. There it asks what profit the strength of the hands of the young men who served him could bring him, since old age had perished in them and their vigor and usefulness had faded.