Job 6:14

To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, || And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

In Context

13Is my help not with me, || And substance driven from me?

15My brothers have deceived as a brook, || As a stream of brooks they pass away.

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Cross References

Job 4:3Behold, you have instructed many, || And feeble hands you make strong.

Job 16:5I might harden you with my mouth, || And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

Psalms 36:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID. The transgression of the wicked || Is affirming within my heart, “Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Proverbs 25:19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, || [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

Romans 12:15to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I am not burned?

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 →

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