Job 6:15

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Summary

Job 6:15

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

My brethren

As the stream

Jeremiah 15:18

Jude 1:12

Bible References

My brethren

All the men of my counsel detest me, even this one I loved has turned against me.

My lovers and my friends stand apart from my plague; and my neighbors stand far off.

Even a man, my friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

For it is not an enemy who reviled me; then I could have borne it; it is not one who hates me who magnified himself against me; or I would hide myself from him;

You have taken lover and friend far from me, and those who know me into darkness.

Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.

All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity; because your sins are many.

Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

I do not speak of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me."

Behold, the hour comes, yea, has now come, that you will be scattered, each man to his own things, and you will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

As the stream

Why has my pain been without end, and why is my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You surely are to me like a deceitful brook, waters that cannot be trusted.

These are sunken rocks in your love feasts, feasting together with you; feeding themselves without fear; waterless clouds being carried about by winds; fruitless autumn trees, having died twice, having been plucked up by the roots;