Job 6:17
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
World English Bible Updated
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
16which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
18The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
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 →