Job 6:15
My brethren have disregarded me, like a torrent that passes swiftly through the steep valleys.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
14He who takes away mercy from his friend, abandons the fear of the Lord.
16Those who fear frost, snow will rush over them.
Cross References
Job 13:4having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.
Job 19:13He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.
Psalms 38:11Remove your scourges from me.
Psalms 55:12My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.
Proverbs 25:19Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot,
Jeremiah 15:18Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
Matthew Henry on Job 6:15-22
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.… Read the whole commentary →