Job 6:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³I don’t have the power to help myself.
All hope of success has been taken away from me.

¹⁴“A person shouldn’t stop being kind to a friend.
    Anyone who does that stops showing respect for the Mighty One.
¹⁵But my friends have stopped being kind to me.
    They are like streams that only flow for part of the year.
    They are like rivers that flow over their banks

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Job 6:13-15

New International Version

¹³Do I have any power to help myself,^(A)
now that success has been driven from me?

¹⁴“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend^(B)
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.^(C)
¹⁵But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,^(D)
as the streams that overflow