Job 6:14-30 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 6:14-27: 6:14-27 Job and his friends might have been bound by a covenant of loyalty and faithfulness (Hebrew khesed; see Gen 21:23 ; Exod 15:13 ; 1 Chr 16:34 ) that made them like brothers (Job 6:14-15 ), protectors (6:21-23 ), and trusted friends (6:27 ). If this was the case, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.

Summary for Job 6:14-27: 6:14-27 ^a Job and his friends might have been bound by a covenant of loyalty and faithfulness (Hebrew khesed; see Gen 21:23 ^b; Exod 15:13 ^c; 1 Chr 16:34 ^d) that made them like brothers (Job 6:14-15 ^e), protectors (6:21-23 ^f), and trusted friends (6:27 ^g). If this was the case, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.
6:19 ^h The city of Tema in the northern Arabian desert was at the junction of roads from Damascus to Mecca and from the Persian Gulf to Aqaba (Isa 21:14 ⁱ; Jer 25:23 ^j). It might have been named after one of Ishmael’s descendants (Gen 25:15 ^k). It was not the same as Teman, Eliphaz’s home in Edom.

• Sheba, located in southwest Arabia, was a market city for precious commodities (Ps 72:10 ^l, 15 ^m; Isa 60:6 ⁿ; Jer 6:20 ^o; Ezek 27:22-23 ^p; 38:13 ^q).
6:27 ^r even send an orphan into slavery: Job, the former protector of orphans (31:17 ^s, 21 ^t), used a proverbial example of his counselors’ hard-heartedness toward the defenseless (see 17:5 ^u).
6:30 ^v Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong? (literally Can’t my palate discern malice?): Job might have been echoing his earlier comment about a tasteless, revolting diet (6:6-7 ^w).