Job 6:18

Caravans turn aside by their course, they go up into a waste, and are lost:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

In Context

17By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.

19The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 10:24Chastise me, O Yahweh But yet in measure,—Not in thine anger, lest thou make me few.

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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