6:15 My brothers 1 have been as treacherous 2 as a seasonal stream, 3
and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams 4
that flow away. 5
6:16 They 6 are dark 7 because of ice;
snow is piled 8 up over them. 9
6:17 When they are scorched, 10 they dry up,
when it is hot, they vanish 11 from their place.
6:18 Caravans 12 turn aside from their routes;
they go 13 into the wasteland 14 and perish. 15
6:19 The caravans of Tema 16 looked intently 17 for these streams; 18
the traveling merchants 19 of Sheba hoped for them.
6:20 They were distressed, 20
because each one had been 21 so confident;
they arrived there, 22 but were disappointed.