Job 6:17
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
16They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
18Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, + 17:1 Gr. if there shall be, etc. there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the + 17:1 Gr. mouth of my word. word of my mouth.
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 →