Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away;

New American Standard Bible

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
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,

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

as a brook
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

and as the stream
אפיק 
'aphiyq 
Usage: 19

of brooks
נחלה נחלה נחל 
Nachal 
Usage: 141

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Job

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

14 To him melting, mercy from his friend; and he will forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away; 16 Being darkened because of ice, upon them the snow will be hid:

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:18

Wherefore was my pain everlasting and my blow incurable, refusing to be healed? Being, wilt thou be to me as falsehood, the waters were not faithful?

Psalm 38:11

My heart moved about rapidly, my strength forsook me, and the light of mine eyes also they not with me.

Psalm 41:9

Also the man of my peace whom I trusted in him, eating my bread, magnified the heel against me.

Job 19:19

All the men of my intimacy will abhor me, and those I loved were turned against me.

Psalm 55:12-14

For not the enemy will reproach me, and I will bear: not he hating me magnified against me; and I will hide from him.

Psalm 88:18

Thou didst remove far from me lover and friend, mine acquaintance into darkness.

Jeremiah 9:4-5

Watch ye each from his neighbor, and to any brother ye shall not trust, for every brother deceiving, will deceive, and every neighbor will go tale-bearing.

Jeremiah 30:14

All loving thee forgat thee; they will not seek thee; for I struck thee the blow of an enemy, the correction of the cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; thy sins were strong.

Micah 7:5-6

Ye shall not trust in a companion, ye shall not confide in a friend: watch the doors of thy mouth from her lying in thy bosom.

John 13:18

I say not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the writing might be completed, He chewing bread with me lifted up his heel against me.

John 16:32

Behold, the hour comes, and has now come, that ye be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

Jude 1:12

These are spots in your loves, feasting together fearlessly, taking care of themselves: clouds wanting water, carried about by winds; decayed trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;

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