KJV King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
WEB World English Bible
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
ASV American Standard Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
Surrounding context — Job 6
12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] 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.
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Psalm 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?Psalm 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.Psalm 55:12-14For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.Job 19:19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;Jeremiah 9:4-5Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.Psalm 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.Jeremiah 30:14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; [because] thy sins were increased.Micah 7:5-6Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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