Job 6:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.”

Job 6:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 6:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 6:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.”

Job 6:17 — World English Bible

Job 6:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. ”

Job 6:17 — American Standard Version

Job 6:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Job 6:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 6:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place: ”

Job 6:17 — Darby Translation

Job 6:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,”

Job 6:17 — Geneva Bible

Job 6:17 in Context — Job 6

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.

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What Does Job 6:17 Mean?

Job 6:17 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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