Job 6:15–20
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15But my friends aren’t faithful to me.
They are like streams that only flow for part of the year.
They are like rivers that flow over their banks
16when the ice begins to break up.
The streams rise when the snow starts to melt.
17But they stop flowing when the dry season comes.
They disappear from their stream beds when the weather warms up.
18Groups of traders turn away from their usual paths.
They go up into the dry and empty land.
And they die there.
19Traders from Tema look for water.
Traveling merchants from Sheba also hope to find it.
20They become troubled because they had expected to find some.
But when they arrive at the stream beds,
they don’t find any water at all.
Copyright 1998 International Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,
as the streams that overflow
when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,
but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
The caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
as seasonal streams that overflow
and become darkened because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.
The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
they disappear from their channels in hot weather.
Caravans turn away from their routes,
go up into the desert, and perish.
The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are disappointed.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed;
like a streambed of wadis they flow away,
which are growing dark because of ice upon them,
it will pile up snow.
In time they dry up, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
The paths of their way wind around;
they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.
The caravans of Tema looked;
the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
They are disappointed, because they trusted;
they came here and they are confounded.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
And as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice,
And wherein the snow is hid:
What time they wax warm, they vanish:
When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
The paths of their way are turned aside;
They go to nothing, and perish.
The troops of Tema looked,
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were confounded because they had hoped;
They came thither, and were ashamed.
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