Job 6:14
To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
13Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
Cross References
Job 4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Job 16:5I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
Psalms 36:1(36-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD. (36-2) Transgression speaketh to the wicked, methinks — there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:9-14
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me?… Read the whole commentary →