God’s Word Translation
Job 6:17
17They vanish during a scorching summer. In the heat their riverbeds dry up.
Job 6:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
- New International Version (NIV)but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When it is warm, they cease to flow; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
Context of Job 6:17
15My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood. 16They are dark with ice. They are hidden by snow. They vanish during a scorching summer. In the heat their riverbeds dry up. 18They change their course. They go into a wasteland and disappear. 19Caravans from Tema look for them. Travelers from Sheba search for them.
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בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:17
Commentaries on Job 6:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17What time - In the time; or after a time. They wax warm - Gesenius renders this word (יזרבו yezorebû ) when they became narrow, and this version has been adopted by Noyes. The word occurs nowhere else. Taylor (Concord.) renders it, “to be dissolved by the heat of the sun.” Jerome, fuerint dissipati - “in the time in which they are scattered.” The Septuagint, ͂ ́ ́ takeisa thermēs genomenēs - “melting at the approach of heat.” The Chaldee, “In the time…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-27Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. wax warm--rather, "At the time when." ("But they soon wax") [Umbreit]. "they become narrower (flow in a narrower bed), they are silent (cease to flow noisily); in the heat (of the sun) they are consumed or vanish out of their place. First the stream flows more narrowly--then it becomes silent and still; at length every trace of water disappears by evaporation under the hot sun" [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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