Job 6:18 - Bible Gateway

Job 6:18

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and perish.

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

“The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish. [Your counsel is as helpful to me as a dry streambed in the heat of summer.]

AMPC

The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.]

BRG

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

CSB

Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish.

CEB

Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go up into untamed areas and perish.

CJB

Their courses turn this way and that; they go up into the confusing waste and are lost.

CEV

I am like a caravan, lost in the desert while searching for water.

DARBY

They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.

DRA

The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.

ERV

It twists and turns along the way and then disappears into the desert.

EASY

Travellers leave the road to look for water. They find no water to drink and they die in the desert.

EHV

Caravans turn aside from their routes. They go off into the empty wasteland and perish.

ESV

The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.

ESVUK

The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.

EXB

·Travelers [or Caravans] turn away from their paths and go into the desert and die.

GNV

Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.

They change their course. They go into a wasteland and disappear.

GNT

Caravans get lost looking for water; they wander and die in the desert.

HCSB

Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish.

ICB

Groups of travelers turn away from their paths. They go into the desert and die.

ISV

Travelers divert in their route; they go into a wasteland and die.

JUB

they turn aside out of the paths of their way; they go to nothing and perish.

KJV

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

AKJV

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

LSB

The paths of their course wind along; They go up into a formless place and perish.

LEB

The paths of their way wind around; they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.

TLB

My brother, you have proved as unreliable as a brook; it floods when there is ice and snow, but in hot weather, disappears. The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing there to drink, and so they perish.

MSG

“When desperate people give up on God Almighty, their friends, at least, should stick with them. But my brothers are fickle as a gulch in the desert— one day they’re gushing with water From melting ice and snow cascading out of the mountains, But by midsummer they’re dry, gullies baked dry in the sun. Travelers who spot them and go out of their way for a drink end up in a waterless gulch and die of thirst. Merchant caravans from Tema see them and expect water, tourists from Sheba hope for a cool drink. They arrive so confident—but what a disappointment! They get there, and their faces fall! And you, my so-called friends, are no better— there’s nothing to you! One look at a hard scene and you shrink in fear. It’s not as though I asked you for anything— I didn’t ask you for one red cent— Nor did I beg you to go out on a limb for me. So why all this dodging and shuffling?

MEV

The caravans of their way turn aside; they go nowhere, and they perish.

NOG

They change their course. They go into a wasteland and disappear.

NABRE

Caravans wander from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

NASB

The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish.

NASB1995

“The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.

NCB

“Caravans wander off from their course; they go into the wilderness and perish.

NCV

Travelers turn away from their paths and go into the desert and die.

NET

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

NIRV

Groups of traders turn away from their usual paths. They go off into the dry and empty land. And they die there.

NIV

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.

NIVUK

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.

NKJV

The paths of their way turn aside, They go nowhere and perish.

NLV

The people on their camels turn away from them. They go into the waste places and die.

NLT

The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing to drink, so they die.

NRSVA