Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. New Living Translation You, too, have given no help. You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid. English Standard Version For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. Berean Standard Bible For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid. King James Bible For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. New King James Version For now you are nothing, You see terror and are afraid. New American Standard Bible “Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid. NASB 1995 “Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. NASB 1977 “Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. Legacy Standard Bible Indeed, you have now become such; You see a terror and are afraid. Amplified Bible “Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream, You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate]. Christian Standard Bible So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid. Holman Christian Standard Bible So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid. American Standard Version For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. Contemporary English Version just as I am with you. Only one look at my suffering, and you run away scared. English Revised Version For now ye are nothing; ye see a terror, and are afraid. GOD'S WORD® Translation "So you are as unreliable to me [as they are]. You see something terrifying, and you are afraid. Good News Translation You are like those streams to me, you see my fate and draw back in fear. International Standard Version "And now you're all just like them, aren't you? You see my terror and are terrified. Majority Standard Bible For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid. NET Bible For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid. New Heart English Bible For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. Webster's Bible Translation For now ye are nothing: ye see my casting down, and are afraid. World English Bible For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSurely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid. Young's Literal Translation Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid. Smith's Literal Translation For now ye were not: ye shall see the terror and be afraid. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid. Catholic Public Domain Version Now you have arrived, and merely by seeing my affliction, you are afraid. New American Bible It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid. New Revised Standard Version Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou also have become such to me; because before you saw terror, you were afraid. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also you have turned against me, because before you saw the earthquake you were afraid OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For now ye are become His; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. Brenton Septuagint Translation But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Replies: My Complaint is Just…20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment. 21For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid. 22Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;… Cross References Psalm 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. Psalm 31:11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street. Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. Psalm 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion. Lamentations 1:2 She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. Psalm 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. Isaiah 41:14 Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Jeremiah 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. Micah 7:5-6 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household. Psalm 142:4 Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. Matthew 26:56 But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled. 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. Matthew 26:70-74 But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.” / When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” / And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!” ... Mark 14:50 Then everyone deserted Him and fled. Treasury of Scripture For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, and are afraid. ye are nothing. Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Job 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. Psalm 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. nothing. Job 2:11-13 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him… Psalm 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. Proverbs 19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. Jump to Previous Afraid Calamity Casting Condition Downfall Dreadful Fear Help Indeed Object Proved Sad Something Surely Terrible TerrorJump to Next Afraid Calamity Casting Condition Downfall Dreadful Fear Help Indeed Object Proved Sad Something Surely Terrible TerrorJob 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. For now The phrase "For now" indicates a shift in Job's discourse, marking a transition from his previous lament to a direct address to his friends. In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "כִּי־עַתָּה" (ki-‘attah), which emphasizes the immediacy and present reality of Job's situation. This highlights the urgency and desperation in Job's voice, as he confronts the lack of support from those he expected to stand by him. Historically, this reflects the cultural expectation of loyalty and support among friends and family during times of distress, which was a significant aspect of ancient Near Eastern society. you are of no help you see terror and you are afraid Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction now עַ֭תָּה (‘at·tāh) Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time you are הֱיִ֣יתֶם (hĕ·yî·ṯem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be of no help; ל֑וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 3808: Not, no you see תִּֽרְא֥וּ (tir·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7200: To see terror, חֲ֝תַ֗ת (ḥă·ṯaṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2866: Dismay and you are afraid. וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃ (wat·tî·rā·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Links Job 6:21 NIVJob 6:21 NLT Job 6:21 ESV Job 6:21 NASB Job 6:21 KJV Job 6:21 BibleApps.com Job 6:21 Biblia Paralela Job 6:21 Chinese Bible Job 6:21 French Bible Job 6:21 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 6:21 For now you are nothing (Jb) |
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