Job 6:16

That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

In Context

15My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

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Cross References

Job 38:29From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

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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