Job 6:18

The paths turn aside of their way, || They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

In Context

17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, || By its being hot they have been || Extinguished from their place.

19Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, || Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:24Discipline me, O YHWH, only in judgment, || Not in Your anger, lest You make me small.

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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