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13 ·I have no power to help myself [L Is there no help for me?],
    because ·success [resourcefulness] has been ·taken away [driven] from me.

14 “They say, ‘·A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble,
    even if he stops fearing the Almighty [or Those who withhold loyalty from their friend do not fear the Almighty/Shaddai; C Job here criticizes his friends’ attitude toward him].’
15 But my ·brothers [C Job’s three friends] cannot be counted on.
    They are like ·streams that do not always flow [L wadis; C seasonal riverbeds that are dry in the summer],
    streams that sometimes run over.

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13 Do I have any power to help myself,(A)
    now that success has been driven from me?

14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(B)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(C)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(D)
    as the streams that overflow

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