Job 6:15

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,as the channel of brooks that pass away;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

14"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

16Which are black by reason of the ice,in which the snow hides itself.

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Cross References

Job 13:4But you are forgers of lies.You are all physicians of no value.

Job 19:13"He has put my brothers far from me.My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

Psalms 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.My kinsmen stand far away.

Psalms 55:12For it was not an enemy who insulted me,then I could have endured it.Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,then I would have hid myself from him.

Proverbs 25:19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of troubleis like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to 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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