God’s Word Translation
Job 6:14
14“A friend should treat a troubled person kindly, even if he abandons the fear of the 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
12Do I have the strength of rocks? Does my body have the strength of bronze? 13Am I not completely helpless? Haven’t my skills been taken away from me? “A friend should treat a troubled person kindly, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty. 15My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood. 16They are dark with ice. They are hidden by snow.
Read all of Job 6Job 6:14 word by word
לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:14
- Job 4:3Certainly, you have instructed many people: When hands were weak, you made them strong.
- Job 16:5I could encourage you with my mouth, and my quivering lips could ease ⌞your pain⌟.
- Job 19:21“Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God’s hand has struck me down.
- Proverbs 17:17A friend always loves, and a brother is born to share trouble.
- Romans 12:15Be happy with those who are happy. Be sad with those who are sad.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts share its suffering. If one part is praised, all the others share in its happiness.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29When anyone is weak, I’m weak too. When anyone is caught in a trap, I’m also harmed.
- Galatians 6:2Help carry each other’s burdens. In this way you will follow Christ’s teachings.
- Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them. Remember those who are mistreated as if you were being mistreated.
- Genesis 20:11Abraham said, “I thought that because there are no God-fearing people in this place, I’d be killed because of my wife.
- Psalms 36:1There is an inspired truth about the wicked person who has rebellion in the depths of his heart: He is not terrified of God.
- Luke 23:40But the other criminal scolded him: “Don’t you fear God at all? Can’t you see that you’re condemned in the same way that he is?
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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