Job 6:14-23

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Are friends loyal to the one who despairs,^[a]
    or do they stop fearing the Almighty?
¹⁵ My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert,
    like channels that overrun their streambeds,
¹⁶     like those darkened by thawing ice,
        in which snow is obscured
¹⁷     but that stop flowing in dry times
        and vanish from their channels in heat.
¹⁸ Caravans turn aside from their paths;
    they go up into untamed areas and perish.
¹⁹ Caravans from Tema look;
    merchants from Sheba hope for it.
²⁰ They are ashamed that they trusted;
    they arrive and are dismayed.
²¹ That’s what you are like;^[b]
    you see something awful and are afraid.

²² Have I said, “Give me something?
    Offer a bribe from your wealth for me?
²³     Rescue me from the hand of my enemy?
    Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?”