Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents,
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 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 who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents, 16 torrents black from ice, in which the snow hides itself.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:18
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.
Psalm 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand apart from my plague; and my neighbors stand far off.
Psalm 41:9
Even a man, my friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Job 19:19
All the men of my counsel detest me, even this one I loved has turned against me.
Psalm 55:12-14
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;
Psalm 88:18
You have taken lover and friend far from me, and those who know me into darkness.
Jeremiah 9:4-5
Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.
Jeremiah 30:14
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.
Micah 7:5-6
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.
John 13:18
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."
John 16:32
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.
Jude 1:12
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;