A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; {and} them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. {castest...: Heb. makest void} {prayer: or, speech}

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, {that there is} no fear of God before his eyes.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God {is} not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. {provoked: Heb. angered}

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? {am} not I better to thee than ten sons?

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble {is like} a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. {my...: Heb. the men of my secret}

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. {castest...: Heb. makest void} {prayer: or, speech}

I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.