Job 6:15
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
14Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
16They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.
Job 19:13My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognised strangers rather than me: and my friends have become pitiless.
Psalms 38:11Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.
Psalms 55:12I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me.
Proverbs 25:19The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.
Jeremiah 15:18Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.
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 →