Job 6:17 · KJV
“What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. {vanish: Heb. are cut off} {when...: Heb. in the heat thereof} {consumed: Heb. extinguished}”
— Job 6:17
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job 6 — Context
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, {and} as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:
17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. {vanish: Heb. are cut off} {when...: Heb. in the heat thereof} {consumed: Heb. extinguished}
18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, {who was} of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, {As} the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. {Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias}
Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: {so doth} the grave {those which} have sinned. {consume: Heb. violently take}