14. To him that is ready to faint kindness should be shewed from his friend; even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16. Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself:
17. What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18. The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; they go up into the waste, and perish.
19. The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20. They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
21. For now ye are nothing; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22. Did I say, Give unto me? or, offer a present for me of your substance?
23. Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
24. Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25. How forcible are words of uprightness! but what doth your arguing reprove?