Job 6:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”
  • Job 24:19 : 19 The drought as well as the heat snatch up the melted snow; so the grave snatches up the sinner.

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