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
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,
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:15
Verse Info
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:
Names
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;