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Job 6:14
14“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
Context of Job 6:14
12Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? 13Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow 16when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:14
- Job 4:3Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
- Job 16:5But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
- Job 19:21“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
- Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?
- Galatians 6:2Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
- Hebrews 13:3Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
- Genesis 20:11Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’
- Psalms 36:1I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
- Luke 23:40But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence?
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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