New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 6:14-23

14“For the 1despairingH4523 manH4523 there should be kindnessH2617 from his friendH7453; So that he does not 2abandonH5800 the 3fearH3374 of the AlmightyH7706.15My brothersH251 have actedH898 4deceitfullyH898 likeH3644 a 5wadiH5158, Like the torrentsH650 of 6wadisH5158 which drainH5674 awayH5674,16Which are darkenedH6937 becauseH4480 of iceH7140, And into which the snowH7950 7meltsH5956.17WhenH6256 8they dryH2215 upH2215, they vanishH6789; When it isH2552 hotH2552, they disappearH1846 from their placeH4725.18The 9pathsH734 of their courseH1870 windH3943 alongH3943, They goH5927 upH5927 into wastelandH8414 and perishH6.19The caravansH734 of 10TemaH8485 lookedH5027, The travelersH1979 of 11ShebaH7614 hopedH6960 for them.20They 12were putH954 toH954 shameH954, for they had trustedH982, They cameH935 thereH5704 and were humiliatedH2659.21IndeedH3588, you have nowH6258 becomeH1961 suchH3808, 13You seeH7200 terrorsH2866 and areH3372 afraidH3372.22Have I saidH559, ‘GiveH3051 me something,’ Or, ‘OfferH7809 aH7809 bribeH7809 for me from your wealthH3581,’23Or, ‘SaveH4422 me from the handH3027 of the enemyH6862,’ Or, ‘RedeemH6299 me from the handH3027 of the tyrantsH6184’?

Notes

1. Job 6:14 Job 4:5 ↩
2. Job 6:14 Job 1:5; 15:4 ↩
3. Job 6:14 Or reverence for ↩
4. Job 6:15 Jer 15:18 ↩
5. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season ↩
6. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season ↩
7. Job 6:16 Lit hides itself ↩
8. Job 6:17 Job 24:19 ↩
9. Job 6:18 Or caravans turn from their course, they go up into the waste and perish ↩
10. Job 6:19 Gen 25:15; Is 21:14; Jer 25:23 ↩
11. Job 6:19 Job 1:15 ↩
12. Job 6:20 Jer 14:3 ↩
13. Job 6:21 Ps 38:11 ↩