13 Is it that my (A)help is not within me,
And that a (B)good outcome is driven away from me?

14 “For the (C)despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not (D)abandon the [a]fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers have acted (E)deceitfully like a [b]wadi,
Like the torrents of [c]wadis which drain away,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:14 Or reverence for
  2. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season
  3. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season

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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13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

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