Job 6:18
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
In Context
17but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
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 →