Job 6:15
My brothers are treacherous as a brook, like flowing brooks they pass along;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
14As though I were one who refuseth kindness to his friend, and forsaketh the fear of the Almighty:
16Which are made turbid by reason of the ice, wherein the snow hideth itself;
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
Job 19:13My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11(38:12) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 55:12(55:13) For it is not an enemy that reproached me; then I could bear it: not he that hateth me hath magnified himself against me; then I would have hidden myself from him;
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint, is confidence in a treacherous man in a time of distress.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? it refuseth to be healed; it is truly become unto me as a deceptive spring, as waters that are not reliable.
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 →