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"For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:14

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

"My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which drain away,

Job 6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Which are darkened because of ice, And into which the snow melts.

Job 6:16

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

"When they dry up, they vanish; When it is hot, they disappear from their place.

Job 6:17

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

"The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish.

Job 6:18

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

"The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

Job 6:19

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

"They were put to shame, for they had trusted, They came there and were humiliated.

Job 6:20

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

"Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid.

Job 6:21

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'

Job 6:22

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

Or, 'Save me from the hand of the enemy,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?

Job 6:23

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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