Job 6:16
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 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:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
- KJV
- Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
- WEB
- which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
- ASV
- Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:
- DARBY
- Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
- BLB
- those being darkened from the ice, upon which the snow hides itself.
- ÅB
- som er grumset av is, og som det skjuler seg snø i;
- OTB
- når de er mørklagt av smeltende is
og fylt med smeltende snø, - B1930
- som er grumset av is, og som det skjuler sig sne i;