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Job 6:14
14When a man has no hope, his friends should be kind to him. They should help him, even if he no longer respects God Almighty.
Job 6:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
- New International Version (NIV)“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Context of Job 6:14
12I am not as strong as stones. My body is not strong like bronze. 13I no longer have strength to help myself. There is nowhere that I can go to get help. When a man has no hope, his friends should be kind to him. They should help him, even if he no longer respects God Almighty. 15But you, my friends, have not helped me when I need you. You are like streams that quickly become dry. There is no water when you need it. 16In the spring, ice and deep snow covers them.
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לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:14
- Job 4:3Listen! You have taught many people. You have helped weak people to be strong.
- Job 16:5But, instead, I would help you to be strong. I would say things to comfort you.
- Job 19:21Please be kind to me, my friends. God has caused me to suffer, so please be kind to me.
- Proverbs 17:17A friend will always show that he loves you. Relatives are there to help you when you are in trouble.
- Romans 12:15If you are with someone who is happy, you should also be happy. If you are with someone who is sad, you should also be sad.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26Then if one part of the body hurts, every other part also hurts. If people praise one part, every part of the body is also happy.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29When one of these believers is weak, then I feel weak too. When something causes one of them to do something wrong, then I am very upset.
- Galatians 6:2When anyone among you has troubles, you must help each other. If you do that, you will be obeying Christ's rule.
- Hebrews 13:3Remember to help those believers who are in prison. Think about what that would be like, if you were there with them. Remember those believers who are receiving trouble from people. Think about them as if you were receiving the same pain in your own body.
- Genesis 20:11Abraham replied, ‘I did it because I was afraid. I thought, “The people here do not respect God. They will kill me so that they can take my wife from me.”
- Psalms 36:1A wicked person turns against God completely. He does not respect God.
- Luke 23:40But the bad man on the other cross told him that he should be quiet. He said, ‘You should be more afraid of God. We will die here, as well as him.
Commentaries on Job 6:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty - The Vulgate gives a better sense, Qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam, timorem Domini dereliquit, "He who takes away mercy from his friend, hath cast off the fear of the Lord." The word למס lammas, which we render to him who is Afflicted, from מסה masah, to dissolve, or waste away, is in thirty-two of Dr. Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. למאס…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14To him that is afflicted - Margin, “melteth.” The word here used (מס mâs ) is from מסס mâsas to melt, flow down, waste away, and here means one who pines away, or is consumed under calamities. The design of this verse is, to reprove his friends for the little sympathy which they had shown for him. He had looked for consolation in his trials, and he had a right to expect it; but he says that he had met with just the opposite, and that his calamity was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-27Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. pity--a proverb. Charity is the love which judges indulgently of our fellow men: it is put on a par with truth in Pr 3:3, for they together form the essence of moral perfection [Umbreit]. It is the spirit of Christianity (1Pe 4:8; 1Co 13:7; Pr 10:12; 17:17). If it ought to be used towards all men, much more towards friends. But he who does not use it forsaketh (renounceth) the fear of the Almighty (Jas 2:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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