15 My brothers have acted (A)deceitfully like a [a]wadi,
Like the torrents of [b]wadis which drain away,
16 Which are darkened because of ice,
And into which the snow [c]melts.
17 When (B)they dry up, they vanish;
When it is hot, they disappear from their place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season
  2. Job 6:15 I.e., dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season
  3. Job 6:16 Lit hides itself

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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