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14 “Those who withhold[a] kindness from a friend
    forsake the fear of the Almighty.[b]
15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed,
    like freshets that pass away,
16 that run dark with ice,
    turbid with melting snow.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:14 Syr Vg Compare Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 6:14 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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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