Job 6:17

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

"What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place." - Job 6:17
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What does Job 6:17 mean?

Job 6:17 from the King James Version of the Bible reads: "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place." This verse is part of a larger passage in which Job, who is suffering greatly, expresses his feelings of despair and…

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The Fleeting Nature of Comfort

**The Fleeting Nature of Comfort** **Scripture Reading: Job 6:17 (KJV)** "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place." The Book of Job stands as one of the oldest and most profound pieces of literature, inviting us to grapple with…

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A Prayer for Endurance in Trials

Heavenly Father, In the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart heavy yet hopeful, seeking Your guidance and strength. Lord, as I meditate on the profound words found in the book of Job 6:17, which states, "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot…

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Job 6:17 - "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place."
Job 17:6 - "He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
"He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret." - Job 17:6
Job 42:17 - "So Job died, being old and full of days."
Job 6:1 - "But Job answered and said,"
Job 40:6 - "¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,"
"But Job answered and said," - Job 6:1
"So Job died, being old and full of days." - Job 42:17
Job 3:17 - "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Job 27:6
Job 17:12 - "They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness."
Job 41:17 - "They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered."
Job 17:2 - "Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
Job 6:6 - "Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"
Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 8:17 - "His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones."
Job 12:17 - "He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools."
Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
Job 13:17 - "Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears."
Job 17:15 - "And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?"
Job 9:17 - "For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause."
Job 17:1 - "My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me."
Job 29:17 - "And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."
Job 28:17 - "The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold."
"¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said," - Job 40:6
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 17:7 - "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow."
Job 30:17 - "My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest."
Job 36:17 - "But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee."