Job 6:16
The stream floods when it is full of dark ice and melting snow,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
In Context
15My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.
17but in the heat it dries up and disappears, vanishing from where it once was.
Cross References
Job 38:29Who was the mother of ice? Does the frost of the air have a mother?
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 →