Job 6:14

14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
ESV
14 "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
NLT
14 “One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
MSG
14 "When desperate people give up on God Almighty, their friends, at least, should stick with them.
CSB
14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:14 In-Context

12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Job 4:5
  • 2. 1 Samuel 20:42; Job 15:4
  • 3. Job 12:4; Job 17:2,6; Job 19:19,21; Job 21:3; Job 30:1,10; Psalms 38:11; Psalms 69:20; 1 John 3:17
  • 4. S Genesis 17:1
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