Job 6:15

15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow

Job 6:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
ESV
15 My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
NLT
15 My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring
MSG
15 But my brothers are fickle as a gulch in the desert - one day they're gushing with water
CSB
15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

Job 6:15 In-Context

13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 13:4; Job 16:2; Job 21:34; Psalms 22:1; Psalms 38:11; Jeremiah 15:18
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