Job 6:15
My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
16They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.
Cross References
Job 13:4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
Psalms 38:11My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.
Psalms 55:12Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
Proverbs 25:19To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.
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 →