Job 6:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. vanish: Heb. are cut off whe..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:17 — KJV
“What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. vanish: Heb. are cut off when...: Heb. in the heat thereof consumed: Heb. extinguished”
— Job 6:17 (KJV)
Job 6:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:17
“When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: for the...: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege to employ...: Heb. to go from before thee”
Shares key themes with Job 6:17: time, heb, cut
“And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:17: time, heb, cut
“And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner”
Shares key themes with Job 6:17: place, heb, cut
“Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:17: cut, off, heat
“At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. it: Heb. them”
Shares key themes with Job 6:17: time, heb, cut
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