15 “My brothers have acted (A)deceitfully like a [a]wadi,
Like the torrents of [b]wadis which vanish,
16 Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow [c]melts.
17 “When (B)they become waterless, they [d]are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:15 Or brooks
  2. Job 6:15 Or brooks
  3. Job 6:16 Lit hides itself
  4. Job 6:17 Or cease

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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