Job 6:16

They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

In Context

15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

17When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.

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Cross References

Job 38:29And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,

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 →

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