Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”
Job 6:17 - Tree of Life Version but when they are scorched, they dry up, and in the heat, they vanish from their place. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”
As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol, takes away those who have sinned.
Caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the wasteland and perish.