Job 6:17
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Revised Version 1895
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, and wherein the snow hideth itself:
18The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; they go up into the waste, and perish.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, 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 →