Job 6:17
What does Job 6:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 6:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
KJV
King James Version · 1611What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot, they shall be melted out of their place.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.
- 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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