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Job 6:17

15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

16 darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

19 The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

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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.

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BSB
but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
KJV
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
WEB
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
ASV
What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
DARBY
At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
BLB
In the time of burning [heat] they are cut off; in the heat they are extinguished from their place.
ÅB
men på den tid de treffes av solens glød, tørkes de ut; når det blir hett, svinner de bort.
OTB
men når de tørker opp, forsvinner de;
i varmen forsvinner de fra sitt sted.
B1930
men på den tid de treffes av solens glød, tørkes de ut; når det blir hett, svinner de bort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 24:19

    As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

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  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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