My brethren – Namely, the three friends who had come to condole with him. He uses the term "brethren" to intimate what he had a right to exp…

Have dealt deceitfully as a brook. —This is one of the most celebrated poetical similes in the book, and carries us to li…

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook
Meaning his three friends, represented by Eliphaz, who were of the sam…

In his prosperity, Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. T…

In the preceding verses, Job had shown that while he felt pain and spoke from that pain, he did so rationally and was not carried away by his suffe…