Job 6:18
16 darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
17 but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
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.
20 They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
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
- Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
- KJV
- The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
- WEB
- The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
- ASV
- The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
- DARBY
- They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
- BLB
- The caravans turn aside [from] their paths; they go up into the wasteland and perish.
- ÅB
- Karavaner som er på veien til dem, bøyer av; de drar opp i ørkenen og omkommer.
- OTB
- Deres stier svinger;
de stiger opp i ødemarken og går tapt. - B1930
- Karavaner som er på veien til dem, bøier av; de drar op i ørkenen og omkommer.