Job 6:17

"which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself."

Key Reflection

This verse paints a picture of water sources that have been frozen over and hidden beneath layers of snow, symbolizing how even abundant resources can be concealed or rendered inaccessible by external conditions, reflecting themes of hidden dangers or the difficulty in accessing spiritual sustenance during times of hardship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

What time -In the time; or after a time. They wax warm -Gesenius renders this word (יזרבוyezorebû) when they became narrow, and this version has been adopted by Noyes. The word occurs nowhere else. Taylor (Concord.) renders it, “to be dissolved by the heat of the sun.” Jerome,fuerintdissipati- “in the time in which they are scattered.” The Septuagint,τακεῖσα Θέρμης γενομένηςtakeisathermēsgenomenēs- “melting at the approach of heat.” The Chaldee, “In the time in which the generation of the deluge sinned, they were scattered.” Castell says that the wordזרבzârabin the Piel, as the word in

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