Job 6:15
My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
In Context
16Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid.
Cross References
Job 13:4For in deede ye forge lyes, and all you are physitions of no value.
Job 19:13He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
Psalms 38:11My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
Psalms 55:12Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
Jeremiah 15:18Why is mine heauines continuall? and my plague desperate and cannot be healed? why art thou vnto me as a lyar, and as waters that faile?
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 →