Job 6:15
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow:
Cross References
Job 13:4For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!
Job 19:13My Brethren—from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;
Psalms 38:11My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof,—and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
Psalms 55:12For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it,—Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;
Proverbs 25:19A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger.
Jeremiah 15:18Wherefore hath my pain become perpetual? And my wound, incurable? Refuseth to be healed? Wilt thou, indeed be, to me [As a brook] that disappointeth, Waters that cannot be trusted?
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 →