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The Book of Job, Chapter 6, Verse 16

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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
King James Version
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:
American Standard Version
Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself:
New English Translation
They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.
World English Bible
Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
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For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
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Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?