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14 “A person shouldn’t stop being kind to a friend.
    Anyone who does that stops showing respect for the Mighty One.
15 But my friends have stopped being kind to me.
    They are like streams that only flow for part of the year.
    They are like rivers that flow over their banks
16 when the ice begins to break up.
    The streams rise when the snow starts to melt.

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14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(A)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(B)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(C)
    as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
    and swollen with melting snow,(D)

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