Job 6:14
Good News Translation
In trouble like this I need loyal friends--whether I've forsaken God or not.

New Revised Standard Version
“Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.

Contemporary English Version
My friends, I am desperate, and you should help me, even if I no longer respect God All-Powerful. *

New American Bible
A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

To him.

Job 4:3,4 Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands: . . .

Job 16:5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.

Job 19:21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Proverbs 17:17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26 And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.

2 Corinthians 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire?

Galatians 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.

Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them: and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body.

is afflicted.

Genesis 20:11 Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:

Psalm 36:1-3 Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself. [2] The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin: there is no fear of God before his eyes. . . .

Luke 23:40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation?

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
13Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me. 14He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.15My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.…
Cross References
Job 1:5
And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early, offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

Job 4:5
But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Job 15:4
As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.

Zechariah 7:9
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.

Job 6:13
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