Job 6:14
As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend, and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13Truly, am I not without my help in me? and is not wise counsel driven far away from me?
15My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;
Cross References
Job 4:3Behold, thou hast [ere this] corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen.
Job 16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the condolence of my lips should restrain [your grief].
Psalms 36:1“To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David.” (36:2) Saith vice itself to the wicked—so I feel it within my heart— that he should have no dread of God before his eyes.
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint, is confidence in a treacherous man in a time of distress.
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 →