You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
Job 6:15 - Revised Standard Version My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as freshets that pass away, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, And as the stream of brooks they pass away; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [You] my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away, American Standard Version (1901) My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; Common English Bible My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert, like channels that overrun their streambeds, Catholic Public Domain Version My brethren have disregarded me, like a torrent that passes swiftly through the steep valleys. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. |
You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
“He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me.
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
Trust in a faithless man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; believe them not, though they speak fair words to you.”
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant.
Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the princes of the king of Babylon and were saying, ‘Your trusted friends have deceived you and prevailed against you; now that your feet are sunk in the mire, they turn away from you.’
I am not speaking of you all; I know whom I have chosen; it is that the scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
These are blemishes on your love feasts, as they boldly carouse together, looking after themselves; waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;