Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like the torrents of
King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Holman Bible
as seasonal streams that overflow
International Standard Version
But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.
A Conservative Version
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,
American Standard Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
Amplified
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,
Bible in Basic English
My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
Darby Translation
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Julia Smith Translation
My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away;
King James 2000
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks that pass away;
Lexham Expanded Bible
My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away,
Modern King James verseion
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Mine own brethren pass over by me, as the water brook that hastily runneth through the valleys.
NET Bible
My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
New Heart English Bible
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
The Emphasized Bible
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
Webster
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
World English Bible
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
Youngs Literal Translation
My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
Interlinear
Bagad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
14
He that is afflicted deserves mercy from his friend; but he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
15
Like the torrents of
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:18
Why was my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as waters that fail?
Psalm 38:11
My friends and my companions stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalm 41:9
Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Job 19:19
All my intimate friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved are turned against me.
Psalm 55:12-14
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it, neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Psalm 88:18
Thou hast put lover and friend far from me, and placed my acquaintances into darkness.
Jeremiah 9:4-5
Take heed each one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Jeremiah 30:14
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they do not seek thee; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the whip of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Micah 7:5-6
Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.
John 13:18
I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me,
John 16:32
Behold, the hour comes and is now come, that ye shall be scattered, each one to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Jude 1:12
These are spots in your banquets of charity, feeding themselves without any fear whatsoever: clouds without water, carried to and fro of the winds; trees withered as in fall, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;