Key Verse Spotlight
Job 6:17 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, {and} as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:
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}
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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