Job 6:21
So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For now ye are no thing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
In Context
20They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
22Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
Cross References
Job 6:15My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
Job 19:19All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.
Psalms 62:9\62:8\Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Isaiah 2:22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Jeremiah 51:9We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies.
Matthew 26:56But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:15-22
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.… Read the whole commentary →