Job 6:15
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
16darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
Cross References
Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
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 →