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17     But whose flow is stopped in the summer heat
        and that vanish in their gullies under the heat of the sun.
18     The path of their course winds along,
        goes out into the desert and disappears.
19     You travelers have heard
        how the experienced caravans from Tema searched for water,
        how the travelers of Sheba expected to find it;

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17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
    and in the heat(A) vanish from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
    they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema(B) look for water,
    the traveling merchants of Sheba(C) look in hope.

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