VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 6:16

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:

Read it in 5 translations

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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