Job 6:17
What time they grow warm, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
In Context
16which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
18The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:15-22
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed 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; 16 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. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.… Read the whole commentary →