Job 6:15

Translations

Modern

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Traditional

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

Literal

My brothers are treacherous like a wadi, like a channel of wadis they pass away,

Latin

Fratres mei præterierunt me, sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus.

Original

Hebrew

English

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Notes

Job 6:14–27

Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Psalm 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
John 16:32
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Psalm 55:12–14
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
John 13:18
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Job 19:19
All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
Jeremiah 9:4–5
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Micah 7:5–6
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Jude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
Psalm 88:18
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Brooks: (Deceptive) of False Friends Deceit: Job's Friends Deception: Job's Friends Friendship: General Scriptures Concerning

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