King James Version
Job 6:15 in the King James Version says “My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;”
Job 6:15 · KJV
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. is afflicted: Heb. melteth
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. vanish: Heb. are cut off when: Heb. in the heat thereof consumed: Heb. extinguished
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“My brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“have dealt deceitfully”
H898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
“as a brook”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
“and as the stream”
H650properly, containing, i.e., a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero
“as a brook”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
“they pass away”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
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