KJV King James Version
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 6:18
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
WEB World English Bible
The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
ASV American Standard Version
The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
Surrounding 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.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
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