Job 6:16

"My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;"

Key Reflection

In Job 6:16, the brook is used metaphorically to illustrate how Job's friends provided no lasting comfort or support during his trials, much like a brook that quickly dries up. This highlights the fleeting nature of their help and the disappointment it brought to Job.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Which are blackish -Or, rather, which are turbid. The word used here (קדריםqoderı̂ym) means to be turbid, foul, or muddy, spoken of a torrent, and then to be of a dusky color, to be dark-colored, as e. g. the skin scorched by the sun,Job 30:28; or to be dark - as when the sun is obscured;Joel 2:10;Joel 3:15.

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