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Job 6:15
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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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
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when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
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Job 13:4
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Job 16:2
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Job 21:34
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Psalms 22:1
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Psalms 38:11
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Jeremiah 15:18
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