Job’s friends were not helping him

14 “When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him,

even if he stops revering Almighty God.

15 But you, my friends, are not dependable.

You are like streams: They spill over their banks in the spring

16 when the melting ice and snow make those streams overflow,

17 but when the dry season comes, there is no water flowing in those streams,

and the channels dry up.

18 The caravans of merchants turn off the path to search for some water,

but there is no water,

so they die in the desert.

19 The men in those caravans search for some water

because they are sure that they will find some.

20 But they do not find any,

so they are very disappointed.

21 Similarly, you friends have not helped me at all!

You have seen that terrible things have happened to me,

and you are afraid that God might do similar things to you.

22 After I lost all my wealth, did I ask any of you for money? [RHQ]

Did I plead with any of you to spend some of your money to help me [RHQ]?

23 Have I asked any of you to rescue me from my enemies [RHQ]?

Have I asked you to save me from those who ◄oppressed me/treated me badly► [RHQ]? No!”