Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
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Gill's Exposition
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me,.... For though they were strong, lusty, hale men, able to do business, yet their strength was to sit still and fold their hands in their…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me - There has been much difference of opinion respecting the meaning of this passage. The general sense is clear. Job means to describe those who…
Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit…
Cambridge Bible
The verse refers to the fathers(Job 30:30), and gives the reason why Job did not employ them, or consider them worthy of a treatment equal to that of his dogs they were enfeebled and fallen into…