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Job 6:17

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

16 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.

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Job 24:19

    Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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  • 1 Kings 17:1

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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