Job 6:14-23

New Century Version

¹⁴ “They say, ‘A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble,
    even if he stops fearing the Almighty.’
¹⁵ But my brothers cannot be counted on.
    They are like streams that do not always flow,
    streams that sometimes run over.
¹⁶ They are made dark by melting ice
    and rise with melting snow.
¹⁷ But they stop flowing in the dry season;
    they disappear when it is hot.
¹⁸ Travelers turn away from their paths
    and go into the desert and die.
¹⁹ The groups of travelers from Tema look for water,
    and the traders of Sheba look hopefully.
²⁰ They are upset because they had been sure;
    when they arrive, they are disappointed.
²¹ You also have been no help.
    You see something terrible, and you are afraid.
²² I have never said, ‘Give me a gift.
    Use your wealth to pay my debt.
²³ Save me from the enemy’s power.
    Buy me back from the clutches of cruel people.’