Job 6:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ “A person shouldn’t stop being kind to a friend.
    Anyone who does that stops showing respect for the Mighty One.
¹⁵ But my friends have stopped being kind to me.
    They are like streams that only flow for part of the year.
    They are like rivers that flow over their banks
¹⁶ when the ice begins to break up.
    The streams rise when the snow starts to melt.