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Job 6:17 KJV

"What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place."
Job Chapter 6, Verse 17

Job 6:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)

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.
20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.