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13 Indeed,[a] my help is not in me,
and any success is driven from me.
14 “Loyal love[b] should come for the afflicted from his friend,
even if[c] he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed;
like a streambed of wadis[d] they flow away,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:13 An interrogative marker plus “if”
  2. Job 6:14 Or “Kindness”
  3. Job 6:14 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 6:15 A seasonal stream that is often dry

13 Do 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)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(D)
    as the streams that overflow

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