Job 6:17
By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
Young's Literal Translation
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
16That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except 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 →