# Job 6.18
**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 16. Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself: 17. What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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> **18. The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.**
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> 19. The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20. They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. (Job 6:16-20, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 16. Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. 17. In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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> **18. The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.**
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> 19. The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20. They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. (Job 6:16-20, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 16. Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17. 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
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> **18. The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.**
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> 19. The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20. They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. (Job 6:16-20, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 16. That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself. 17. By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
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> **18. Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.**
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> 19. Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them. 20. They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded. (Job 6:16-20, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
- [H8414 - tohu](/codex/h8414-tohu/), *tohu*, Strong's H8414
## Quoted in
**Lexicon:**
- [H8414 - tohu](/codex/h8414-tohu/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.