King James Version

Job 6:17

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

בְּ֭עֵתbeetin whenעֵתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in when”, the ordinary formH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.יְזֹרְב֣וּyezorevvwax warmזָרַבverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wax warm”, an unfinished actionH2215to flow awaywax warm.נִצְמָ֑תוּnitsmatvconsumeצָמַתverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “consume”, a completed actionH6789to extirpate (literally or figuratively)consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹbechumvoin heatחֹםpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in heat”, the to-form of the verbH2527heatheat, to be hot (warm).נִדְעֲכ֥וּnidakhvbe extinctדָּעַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be extinct”, a completed actionH1846to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried upbe extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.מִמְּקוֹמָֽםmimqomamfrom countryמָקוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Young’s Literal Translation

By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

World English Bible

In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Darby Translation

At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

Douay-Rheims

At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης, οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦν,