Job 6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

In Context

14To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

16Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

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Cross References

Job 13:4But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

Psalms 38:11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psalms 55:12(55-13) For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.

Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed? Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, 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 →

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