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Job 6:15

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

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 15

Eliphaz concluded his discourse with an air of assurance; very confident he was that what he had said was so plain and so pertinent that nothing could be objected in answer to it. But, though he that is first in his own cause seems just, yet his neighbour comes and searches him. Job is not convinced by all he had said, but still justifies himself in his complaints and condemns him for the weakness of his arguing. I. He shows that he had just cause to complain as he did of his troubles, and so it would appear to any impartial judge (Job 6:2-7). II. He continues his passionate wish that he might speedily be cut off by the stroke of death, and so be eased of all his miseries (Job 6:8-13). III. He reproves his friends for their uncharitable censures of him and their unkind treatment (v. 14-30). It must be owned that Job, in all this, spoke much that was reasonable, but with a mixture of passion and human infirmity. And in this contest, as indeed in most contests, there was fault on both sides.

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Strong's Concordancev. 15

אָח (ʼâch, H251) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or… בָּגַד (bâgad, H898) — to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage נַחַל (nachal, H5158) — a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a… אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq, H650) — properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing… עָבַר (ʻâbar, H5674) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive,…

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Psalms 38:11rank 6

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Jeremiah 15:18rank 5

Why 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 41:9rank 4

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

John 13:18rank 3

I 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 16:32rank 3

“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.

Job 19:19rank 2

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

Jude 1:12rank 2

These 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 uprooted.

Jeremiah 30:14rank 2

All 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.

Psalms 88:18rank 2

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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