Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
Cross References
Job 13:4For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified [himself] against me then would I have hidden myself from him;
Proverbs 25:19A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous [spring], [as] waters that fail?
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 →