Job 6:16

They who used to reverence me, now have come against me 1 Like snow or congealed ice. 1

Updated 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; 1 They have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. 1

17When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. 1

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Cross References

Job 38:29And out of whose womb comes the ice? 1 And who has produced the frost in the sky, 1

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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