15But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow


In Context

12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?

13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?

14 "A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow

16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,

17 but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.

Job 6:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:15My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;