14 “To(A) him who is [a]afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 (B)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(C)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16 Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:14 Or despairing

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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