Job 6:15

In 11 translations

BSB

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

KJV

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

WEB

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

ASV

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

LSV

My brothers have deceived as a brook, || As a stream of brooks they pass away.

YLT

My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

DBY

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,

DRC

My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

GNV

My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.

JPS

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,

LXXE

My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַ֭חַי בָּגְד֣וּ כְמוֹ־נָ֑חַל כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου, ὥσπερ χειμάῤῥους ἐκλείπων, ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με

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• Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
• Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
• Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
• John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
• Psalms 55:12–14For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. We shared sweet fellowship…
• Micah 7:5–6Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her…
• Psalms 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
• Jeremiah 9:4–5“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their…
• Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
• Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being…
• Job 19:19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

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