Bible verse
but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
Job 6:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 6.
13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
16 darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
17 but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
20 They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
21 For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
KJV
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
ASV
What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
ERV
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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