Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
Job 6:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What time they wax warm, they vanish: When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they get warm, they shrink and disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. American Standard Version (1901) What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. Common English Bible but that stop flowing in dry times and vanish from their channels in heat. Catholic Public Domain Version At that time, when they are scattered, they will perish, and when it becomes hot, they will be freed from their place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place. |
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.