Job 6:17
but in the heat it dries up and disappears, vanishing from where it once was.
Free Bible 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
16The stream floods when it is full of dark ice and melting snow,
18Camel caravans turn aside to look for water, but don't find any and they die.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite (from Tishbe in Gilead), told Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, the one I serve, in the years to come there will not be any dew or rain unless I say so!”
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 →