holding a large paper plane with the word kindness written on it

Job’s Lament

Just a verse that I spent some time pondering today:

Those who withhold kindness from a friend
        forsake the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:14 NRSVUE

What’s the relationship between kindness and the fear of the Almighty? The “Almighty” carries with it the meaning of absolute power to destroy. Is this how Job felt about his miserable comforter friends? Did he think they were careless in their words having no fear of the one who is just?