Job 6:17
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 1 Like snow or congealed ice. 1
18Thus I also have been deserted of all; 1 And I am ruined, and become an outcast. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite of Tishbe of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the 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 →