Job 6:15 Meaning and Explanation
“My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job compares his friends to a seasonal brook that runs dry, failing him just when he needs them.
What Does Job 6:15 Mean?
Job introduces a striking image from the desert: a wadi, a streambed that rushes with water in the wet season but vanishes when the heat comes. His brothers, his friends, have proved just as unreliable.
The grief of disappointed friendship is sharp, and Job names it plainly. Human help can run dry exactly when it is most needed. Yet the same Scriptures that lament fickle streams point to a Fountain that never fails. The Lord is the one who keeps covenant and does not pass away when the season turns hard.
Job 6:15 in the Original Language
nachal (נַחַל), 'brook' -- a desert streambed that floods in the rains and dries up in the heat.
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What does Job 6:15 mean?
Job compares his friends to a seasonal brook that runs dry, failing him just when he needs them.