Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 6:14

14. To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend , but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty .

Heb. To him that is melted or dissolved with afflictions, or in the furnace of afflictions▪ that is in extream miseries; for such persons are said to be melted, as Psal. 22. 14. & 107. 26. & 119. 28. Nah. 2. 10.

His friend, such as thou, O Eliphaz pretendest to be to me, should shew kindness, benignity and compassion in his judgment of him and carriage towards him, and not pass such unmerciful and heavy censures upon him, nor load him with reproaches.

But thou hast no love or pity for thy neighbour and friend; Which is a plain evidence that thou art guilty of that which thou didst charge me with, even of the want of the fear of God; for, didst thou truly fear God, thou couldest not, and durst not be so unmerciful to thy brother, both because God hath severely forbidden & condemned that disposition & carriage, & because God is able to punish thee for it, & mete unto thee the same hard measure which thou metest to me. But this verse is, and may be otherwise rendred; should a reproach (for so the Hebrew che[illegible: 1+ letters]ed oft signifies) be laid upon him that is afflicted by his friend, even that he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty? Should my friend have fastened such a reproach upon me, than which none is worse, that I am an impious man and destitute of the fear of God, Ch. 4. 6, 7, 8. This he mentions as that which was most grievous and intolerable to him.

Marginal references: Heb. to [illegible: 1 word] that [illegible: 1 word].