KJV ORIGINAL
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When the weather gets warm, they disappear; when it becomes hot, they dry up completely and are gone from where they used to be.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is describing how seasonal streams disappear when the heat comes, just like his friends' help vanished when he needed it most.
📚 Historical Context
Job is speaking about the seasonal wadis (dry riverbeds) common in the Middle East that fill with water during rainy seasons but completely dry up in summer heat. He's using this as a metaphor for his friends who seemed supportive when times were good but abandoned him during his suffering. This imagery would have been very familiar to people living in that arid region.
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