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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, <i>and</i> as the stream of brooks they pass away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which drain away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />My brothers have betrayed <i>me</i> like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which pass away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook, Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But you are treacherous <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you, my friends, you deceive me like streams that go dry when no rain comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My brothers have deceived as a brook, "" As a stream of brooks they pass away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />My brethren have disregarded me, like a torrent that passes swiftly through the steep valleys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My companions are undependable as a wadi, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully like dry brooks, like torrents which pass away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My brothers were unreliable as brooks and like torrents that pass away<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that overflow,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=919" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’a·ḥay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">But my brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bā·ḡə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">are as faithless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: nā·ḥal (N-ms) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">wadis,</a> <a href="/hebrew/650.htm" title="650: ka·’ă·p̄îq (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- A channel. From 'acaph; properly, containing, i.e. A tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero.">as seasonal streams</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: nə·ḥā·lîm (N-mp) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ya·‘ă·ḇō·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">that overflow,</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Proverbs 25:19</a></span><br />Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a></span><br />Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5-6</a></span><br />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. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Psalm 55:12-14</a></span><br />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. / But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. / We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Lamentations 1:2</a></span><br />She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></span><br />My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-18.htm">Psalm 88:18</a></span><br />You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-4.htm">Jeremiah 9:4</a></span><br />“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Matthew 26:56</a></span><br />But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-16.htm">2 Timothy 4:16</a></span><br />At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-21.htm">John 13:21</a></span><br />After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a></span><br />Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests / and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. / So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-48.htm">Luke 22:48</a></span><br />But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;</p><p class="hdg">My brethren.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-19.htm">Job 19:19</a></b></br> All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></b></br> My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a></b></br> Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up <i>his</i> heel against me.</p><p class="hdg">as the stream.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></b></br> Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, <i>which</i> refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, <i>and as</i> waters <i>that</i> fail?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a></b></br> These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds <i>they are</i> without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-15.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-32.htm">Brooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Channel</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-33.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">Deceitfully</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-26.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/job/6-11.htm">End</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">False.</a> <a href="/job/6-14.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-4.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-15.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-24.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-4.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-29.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Wadi</a> <a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Wadis</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/68-28.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/job/40-22.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Brooks</a> <a href="/job/38-25.htm">Channel</a> <a href="/job/27-2.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/job/13-7.htm">Deceitfully</a> <a href="/job/12-16.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/6-28.htm">False.</a> <a href="/job/12-4.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/job/22-16.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Torrents</a> <a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/job/22-24.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/job/6-17.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Wadi</a> <a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Wadis</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But my brothers</b><br>In the context of the Book of Job, "brothers" refers to Job's friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who came to comfort him but ended up accusing him of wrongdoing. The term "brothers" can also be seen as a broader reference to fellow believers or companions. In ancient Near Eastern culture, friendship and kinship were highly valued, and betrayal by such close relations would have been deeply painful. This phrase highlights the theme of betrayal and the failure of human support, which is a recurring theme in Job's lament.<p><b>are as faithless as wadis</b><br>A "wadi" is a dry riverbed that fills with water during the rainy season but can quickly dry up. In the arid climate of the Middle East, wadis were unreliable sources of water. Job uses this metaphor to describe the unreliability and inconsistency of his friends' support. This imagery is powerful in illustrating the disappointment and sense of abandonment Job feels. The faithlessness of his friends contrasts with the faithfulness of God, a theme that runs throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/proverbs/18-24.htm">Proverbs 18:24</a>, which speaks of a friend who sticks closer than a brother.<p><b>as seasonal streams that overflow</b><br>Seasonal streams, like wadis, are temporary and unpredictable. They can be abundant during the rainy season but disappear in the dry season. This imagery emphasizes the transient and unreliable nature of Job's friends' loyalty. In the broader biblical context, water often symbolizes life and sustenance, but here it represents the fleeting and unreliable nature of human promises. This can be contrasted with the living water that Jesus offers in <a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>, which is eternal and dependable. The metaphor also serves as a reminder of the need for steadfastness and faithfulness in relationships, reflecting God's unwavering commitment to His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Specifically, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up accusing him of wrongdoing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wadi.htm">Wadi</a></b><br>A valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season, often found in desert regions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/seasonal_streams.htm">Seasonal Streams</a></b><br>Streams that flow only during certain seasons, typically after rain, and are unreliable sources of water.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of Job's lament, where he expresses his deep disappointment in his friends' lack of support.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_unreliability_of_human_support.htm">The Unreliability of Human Support</a></b><br>Just as Job's friends were like seasonal streams, human support can often be unreliable. Believers should place their ultimate trust in God, who is always faithful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_friendship.htm">The Importance of True Friendship</a></b><br>Job's experience highlights the need for friends who are steadfast and supportive, especially during trials. Christians are called to be reliable and compassionate friends.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/enduring_through_disappointment.htm">Enduring Through Disappointment</a></b><br>Job's lament teaches us to endure through disappointment and to bring our grievances before God, who understands and cares for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_vs._human_faithlessness.htm">God's Faithfulness vs. Human Faithlessness</a></b><br>While human relationships may fail, God's faithfulness is constant. This should encourage believers to seek God's presence and guidance in all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_christ_in_our_relationships.htm">Reflecting Christ in Our Relationships</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to reflect His love and faithfulness in our relationships, offering support and encouragement to those in need.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_6_15-17's_stream_imagery_factual.htm">In Job 6:15–17, is the depiction of streams that vanish into heat historically or archaeologically supported in the relevant region? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_steadfastness.htm">What defines being steadfast and unmovable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_1_3_align_with_believers'_hardships.htm">How does Psalm 1:3, which promises the righteous will prosper, align with the observable reality that many devout believers still suffer hardships?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_social_action.htm">What does the Bible say about social action?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Have dealt deceitfully as a brook.</span>--This is one of the most celebrated poetical similes in the book, and carries us to life in the desert, where the wadys, so mighty and torrent-like in the winter, are insignificant streams or fail altogether in summer. So when the writer saw the Gnadalquiver (or mighty wady) at Cordova, in August, it was a third-rate stream, running in many divided currents in its stony bed.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My brethren</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "my three friends," Eliphaz, who has spoken; Bildad and Zophar, who by their silence have shown their agreement with him. <span class="cmt_word">Have dealt deceitfully as a brook</span>; <span class="accented">i.e</span>. "a winter torrent" - a "wady," to use the modern Arab expression. These watercourses are characteristic of Palestine and the adjacent regions. "During the winter months," says Dr. Cunningham Geikie, "they are often foaming rivers; but in the hot summer, when they would be of priceless value, their dry bed is generally the road from one point to another. The water rushes over the sheets of rock as it would from the roof of a house, and converging, as it descends, into minor streams in the higher wadies, these sweep on to a common channel in some central valley, and, thus united, swell in an incredibly short time into a deep, troubled, roaring flood, which fills the whole bottom of the wady with an irresistible torrent... The streams from Lebanon, and also from the high mountains of the Hauran. send down great floods of dark and troubled waters in spring, when the ice and snow of their summits are melted; but they dry up under the heat of summer, and the track of the torrent, with its chaos of boulders, stones, and gravel, seems as if it had not known a stream for ages. So Job's friends had in former times seemed as if they would be true to him for ever; but their friendship had vanished, like the rush of the torrent that had passed away" ('The Holy Land and the Bible,' vol. 1. pp. 123-125). <span class="cmt_word">And as the stream of brooks they pass away</span>; or, <span class="accented">the channel</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the wady itself. Canon Cook well says on this, "The simile is remarkably complete. When little needed, the torrent overflows; when needed, it disappears. In winter it does not fertilize; in summer it is dried up. Nor is it merely useless; it deceives, alluring the traveller by the appearance of verdure, promising refreshment, and giving none." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[But] my brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֭חַי</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are as faithless</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּגְד֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḡə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover, to act covertly, to pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כְמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a wadi,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֑חַל</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḥal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as seasonal streams</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲפִ֖יק</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·p̄îq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_650.htm">Strong's 650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Containing, a tube, a bed, valley of a, stream, a strong thing, a hero</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that overflow,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·ḇō·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-15.htm">Job 6:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-15.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/6-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 6:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 6:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/6-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 6:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 6:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>