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Job 6

Job 6:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
b have dealt deceitfully
bagad (Hebrew #898)
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
KJV usage: deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), X very.
Pronounce: baw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
as a brook
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
, and as the stream
'aphiyq (Hebrew #650)
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
KJV usage: brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.
Pronounce: aw-feek'
Origin: from 622
of brooks
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
they pass away
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 38:11• 11My lovers and my neighbours stand aloof from my calamity,{HR}And my kinsmen have stood afar off. (Psa. 38:11)

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Ministry on This Verse

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My brethren.
Job 19:19• 19All my intimates abhorred me,{HR}And those I loved turned against me. (Job 19:19)
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Psa. 38:11• 11My lovers and my neighbours stand aloof from my calamity,{HR}And my kinsmen have stood afar off. (Psa. 38:11)
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Psa. 41:9• 9Even the man of my peace in whom I confided,{HR}Eating my bread, hath lifted the heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)
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Psa. 55:12‑14• 12For [it was] not an enemy reproached me:{HR}Then I had borne [it];{HR}Neither did he that hateth me magnify [himself] against me:{HR}Then had I hidden myself from him;
 13But thou, a man mine equal,{HR}Mine intimate, my familiar!
 14We who together sweetened counsel,{HR}To the house of God we walked in the throng. (Psa. 55:12‑14)
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Psa. 88:18• 18Thou hast put far from me lover and associate;{HR}Mine acquaintances [are] darkness. (Psa. 88:18)
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Jer. 9:4‑5• 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. (Jer. 9:4‑5)
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Jer. 30:14• 14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. (Jer. 30:14)
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Mic. 7:5‑6• 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. (Mic. 7:5‑6)
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John 13:18• 18I speak not of you all: I know whom I chose out, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. (John 13:18)
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John 16:32• 32Behold, an hour cometh, and is come, that ye should be scattered, each unto his own, and leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is with me. (John 16:32)
as the stream.
Jer. 15:18• 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail? (Jer. 15:18)
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Jude 12• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly pasturing themselves; clouds without water carried along by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)
• {v.15-21} These “brethren” are like a summer stream, swollen by melting snow and ice in winter, which gives promise of perennial supply for the thirsty, but when the troops of travelers come, they find only the dry stones to mock them. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• It was indeed most disappointing. Eliphaz might speak in lofty language of the greatness and faithfulness of God, but what about himself; was he acting the part of a true friend? (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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My brethren have deceived as a torrent,{HR}As the bed of torrents which overflow.