Job 6:15-23, 19:13-17, Pro 10:15 | ESV | STEP | My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed , as torrential streams that pass away ,

Job 6:15-23

15 My ^abrothers are ^btreacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential ^cstreams that pass away,
16 which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
17 When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into ^dthe waste and perish.
19 The caravans of ^eTema look,
the travelers of ^fSheba hope.
20 They are ^gashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are ^hdisappointed.
21 For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of ⁱthe ruthless’?

Job 19:13-17

13 “He has put my ^jbrothers far from me,
and ^kthose who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives ^lhave failed me,
my close ^mfriends have forgotten me.
15 The guests ⁿin my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17 My breath is strange to my ^owife,
and I am a stench to the children of ^pmy own mother.

Proverbs 10:15

15 ^qA rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
the poverty of the poor is their ruin.