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15 But my brothers are as undependable as gullies that dry up,
undependable as seasonal streams which overflow
16     when they are darkened by ice and swollen with melting snow,
17     but as quickly as they flood, they dry up in the scorching winds.[a]
When it gets hot, they vanish from their channels.

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  1. Job 6:17 6-17 These lines are difficult.

15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(A)
    as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
    and swollen with melting snow,(B)
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
    and in the heat(C) vanish from their channels.

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