Job 6:15
My brothers have deceived as a brook, || As a stream of brooks they pass away.
Literal Standard Version
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 a despiser of his friends [is] shame, || And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
16That are black because of ice, || By them snow hides itself.
Cross References
Job 13:4And yet, you [are] forgers of falsehood, || Physicians of nothing—all of you,
Job 19:13He has put my brothers far off from me, || And my acquaintances have surely been estranged from me.
Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.
Psalms 55:12For an enemy does not reproach me, or I bear [it], || He who is hating me || Has not magnified himself against me, || Or I hide from him.
Proverbs 25:19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, || [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
Jeremiah 15:18Why has my pain been continuous? And my wound incurable? It has refused to be healed, || You are surely as a failing stream to me, || Waters [that are] not steadfast.
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 →