Job 6 · Verse 16

Job 6:16

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

Job 6:16, King James Version

Job 6:16 in other translations

BSB	darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
WEB	which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
ASV	Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:
YLT	That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
DARBY	Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
BBE	Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;
Webster	Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and in which the snow is hid:

What does Job 6:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

16. blackish--literally, "Go as a mourner in black clothing" (Psa 34:14). A vivid and poetic image to picture the stream turbid and black with melted ice and snow, descending from the mountains into the valley. In the [second] clause, the snow dissolved is, in the poet's view, "hid" in the flood [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 16 Blackish by reason of the ice - He represents the waters as being sometimes suddenly frozen, their foam being turned into the semblance of snow or hoar-frost: when the heat comes, they are speedily liquefied; and the evaporation is so strong from the heat, and the absorption so powerful from the sand, that they soon disappear.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 6:14-30

In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence…

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Job 6:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַקֹּדְרִ֥יםha.ko.de.Rimthat are darkH6937

מִנִּי\־mi.ni-fromH4480

קָ֑רַחKa.rachiceH7140

עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ'a.Lei.movover themH5921

יִתְעַלֶּם\־yit.'a.lem-it hides itselfH5956

שָֽׁלֶג\׃Sha.legsnowH7950

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job 6:16
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job 6:17
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

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Job 6:16 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Que están escondidas por la helada, y encubiertas con nieve;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Qui sont troubles à cause des glaces, dans lesquels la neige se cache;
German Elberfelder 1871	welche trübe sind von Eis, in die der Schnee sich birgt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Qui timent pruinam, irruet super eos nix.