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job_6:17

Job 6:17

Hebrew
ESV
When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
NIV
but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
NLT
But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears. The brook vanishes in the heat.
LXX
καθὼς τακεῖσα θέρμης γενομένης οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη ὅπερ ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
KJV
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Job 6:16 ← Job 6:17 → Job 6:18

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