The Meaning of Job 6:14 Explained

Job 6:14

KJV: To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

YLT: To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

Darby: For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

ASV: To him that is ready to faint kindness'should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 6:14?

MEANING: What does Job 6:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 6:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 6:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To him that is afflicted  pity  [should be shewed] from his friend;  but he forsaketh  the fear  of the Almighty. 

What does Job 6:14 Mean?

Study Notes

fear
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fear of the Lord
The "fear of the Lord," a phrase of the O.T. piety, meaning reverential trust, with hatred of evil.

Context Summary

Job 6:1-30 - "a Deceitful Brook"
The burden of Job's complaint is the ill-treatment meted out by his friends. They had accused him of speaking rashly, but they had not measured the greatness of his pain, Job 6:4, or they would have seen it to be as natural as the braying and lowing of hungry and suffering beasts, Job 6:5. A man would not take insipid food without complaint; how much more reason had he to complain whose tears were his meat day and night, Job 6:6-7! So bitter were his pains that he would welcome death, and exult in the throes of dissolution, Job 6:8-10. It could hardly be otherwise than that he should succumb, since he had only the ordinary strength of mortals, and both strength and wisdom were exhausted, Job 6:11-13.
Job next characterizes the assistance of his friends as winter brooks, turbid with melted ice and snow, which bitterly disappoint the travelers who had hoped to find water, and perish beside the dry heaps of stones, Job 6:17. They had found fault with his words, which, in the circumstances, were not a true index to his heart, Job 6:26; but a look into his face would have sufficed to attest his innocence of the sin of which they accused him, Job 6:28-30.
From these complaints of faithlessness and disappointment we turn to Him who, having been made perfect through suffering, has become "the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him," Hebrews 5:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 6

1  Job shows that his complaints are not causeless
8  He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort
14  He reproves his friends of unkindness

What do the individual words in Job 6:14 mean?

To him who is afflicted by his friend kindness [should be shown] and Even though the fear of the Almighty he forsakes
לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב

לַמָּ֣ס  To  him  who  is  afflicted 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: מָס  
Sense: despairing.
מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ  by  his  friend 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.
חָ֑סֶד  kindness  [should  be  shown] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וְיִרְאַ֖ת  and  Even  though  the  fear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יִרְאָה  
Sense: fear, terror, fearing.
שַׁדַּ֣י  of  the  Almighty 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁדַּי  
Sense: almighty, most powerful.
יַעֲזֽוֹב  he  forsakes 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָזַב 
Sense: to leave, loose, forsake.

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