Job 6:14-23

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,^[a](A)
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
¹⁵ My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow
¹⁶ and become darkened^[b] because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.
¹⁷ The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
they disappear from their channels in hot weather.
¹⁸ Caravans turn away from their routes,
go up into the desert, and perish.
¹⁹ The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
²⁰ They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are disappointed.^(B)
21 So this is what you have now become to me.^[c]
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
²² Have I ever said, “Give me something”
or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”
²³ or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”
or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”?