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The brook vanishes in the heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When it is warm, they cease to flow; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When they dry up, they vanish; When it is hot, they disappear from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When they become waterless, they are silent; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When it is warm, they are silent <i>and</i> cease to flow; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />then suddenly disappear in the summer heat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They vanish during a scorching summer. In the heat their riverbeds dry up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />but in the heat they disappear, and the stream beds lie bare and dry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />By the time they are warm they have been cut off, "" By its being hot they have been "" Extinguished from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the time they will flow of they became extinct: in its heat they were extinguished from their place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />At that time, when they are scattered, they will perish, and when it becomes hot, they will be freed from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When the sun shines over them, they melt; when it is hot, they melt and disappear from their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And in an hour that shines on them they melt, and by their heat they melt from their place<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />What time they wax warm, they vanish, When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=928" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow, <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6789.htm" title="6789: niṣ·mā·ṯū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To put an end to, exterminate. A primitive root; to extirpate.">but ceasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘êṯ (Prep:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">in the dry season</a> <a href="/hebrew/2215.htm" title="2215: yə·zō·rə·ḇū (V-Pual-Imperf-3mp) -- To burn, scorch. A primitive root; to flow away."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1846.htm" title="1846: niḏ·‘ă·ḵū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To go out, be extinguished. A primitive root; to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up.">and vanishing</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mim·mə·qō·w·mām (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">from their channels</a> <a href="/hebrew/2552.htm" title="2552: bə·ḥum·mōw (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To be or become warm. A primitive root; to be hot.">in the heat.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3-4</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. / Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a></span><br />But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm">Isaiah 40:7-8</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-6</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-14.htm">Proverbs 25:14</a></span><br />Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a></span><br />These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Isaiah 58:11</a></span><br />The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a></span><br />But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></span><br />Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-4.htm">Hosea 6:4</a></span><br />What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-6.htm">Matthew 13:6</a></span><br />But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Psalm 107:33-34</a></span><br />He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, / and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-5.htm">2 Timothy 3:5</a></span><br />having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm">Isaiah 44:27</a></span><br />who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.</p><p class="hdg">vanish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a></b></br> And Elijah the Tishbite, <i>who was</i> of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, <i>As</i> the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/3-51.htm">Affecteth</a> <a href="/job/1-16.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/job/3-17.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-16.htm">Channels</a> <a href="/job/4-9.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/6-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-32.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/numbers/27-4.htm">Disappear</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-3.htm">Extinguished</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-6.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-8.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Season</a> <a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/6-15.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm">Wax</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/3-51.htm">Affecteth</a> <a href="/job/18-5.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/job/7-16.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/job/28-10.htm">Channels</a> <a href="/job/7-6.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/15-4.htm">Diminish</a> <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Disappear</a> <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/job/12-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/job/17-1.htm">Extinguished</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/job/15-2.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/job/30-17.htm">Season</a> <a href="/job/6-24.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/job/7-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Warm</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Wax</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>but ceasing in the dry season</b><br>This phrase reflects the natural phenomenon of seasonal streams in the ancient Near East, which would flow vigorously during the rainy season but dry up during the hot, arid months. In the context of Job, this imagery is used to describe the unreliability of Job's friends, who, like these streams, fail to provide support when most needed. Biblically, this can be compared to <a href="/proverbs/25-19.htm">Proverbs 25:19</a>, which speaks of the unreliability of a faithless person in times of trouble. The dry season symbolizes times of trial and testing, where true character and faithfulness are revealed.<p><b>and vanishing from their channels in the heat</b><br>The imagery of streams vanishing in the heat further emphasizes the idea of disappointment and abandonment. In the cultural and historical context, water was a precious and life-sustaining resource, and its absence would have been acutely felt. This can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual dryness or the absence of God's perceived presence during difficult times. Theologically, it can be connected to the testing of faith, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6-7</a>, where trials are compared to the refining of gold. The heat represents the intense pressures and challenges that reveal the true nature of one's faith and reliance on God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz,_bildad,_and_zophar.htm">Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar</a></b><br>Job's three friends who come to comfort him but end up engaging in a series of dialogues, often accusing Job of wrongdoing as the cause of his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dry_streambeds.htm">The Dry Streambeds</a></b><br>Metaphorically referenced in <a href="/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17</a>, representing unreliable sources of comfort or support that disappear when most needed.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_trials_of_job.htm">The Trials of Job</a></b><br>The series of calamities that befall Job, including loss of wealth, family, and health, serving as the backdrop for the discussions on suffering and divine justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_human_support.htm">The Nature of Human Support</a></b><br>Human support can often be unreliable, like streams that dry up. We should be cautious in placing our ultimate trust in people rather than God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Just as streams should provide water, we are called to be faithful and reliable in our relationships, especially in times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god_as_the_ultimate_source_of_comfort.htm">God as the Ultimate Source of Comfort</a></b><br>Unlike the disappearing streams, God is a constant source of comfort and strength. We should turn to Him in times of trouble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's experience teaches us that suffering is not always a result of personal sin. It challenges us to trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's friends initially came to comfort him but ended up being a source of distress. This reminds us to be compassionate and understanding when supporting others in their trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_constitutes_a_spiritual_attack.htm">What constitutes a spiritual attack?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_monogamous_same-sex_ties.htm">What is Christ Embassy's Atmosphere for Miracles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_6_15-17's_stream_imagery_factual.htm">In Job 6:15-17, is the depiction of streams that vanish into heat historically or archaeologically supported in the relevant region?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_noah,_daniel,_job_in_ezekiel.htm">How can the mention of 'Noah, Daniel, and Job' in Ezekiel 14:14 be reconciled with their differing historical timelines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place</span> (see the passage quoted from Dr. Geikie in the comment on ver. 15). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">but ceasing</span><br /><span class="heb">נִצְמָ֑תוּ</span> <span class="translit">(niṣ·mā·ṯū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6789.htm">Strong's 6789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put an end to, exterminate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the dry season</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭עֵת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] vanishing</span><br /><span class="heb">נִדְעֲכ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(niḏ·‘ă·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1846.htm">Strong's 1846: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be extinguished, to expire, be dried up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from their channels</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mə·qō·w·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the heat.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥum·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2527.htm">Strong's 2527: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-17.htm">Job 6:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-17.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:17 In the dry season they vanish (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/6-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 6:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 6:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/6-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 6:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 6:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>