unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/06/18.md

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Connecting Statement:

Job is continuing his description of his friends being as unreliable as streams that dry up. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water

"The caravans turn aside from the routes to find water" or "The caravans change course looking for water"

The caravans

A caravan is a large group of travelers riding camels across the desert.

barren land

"wasteland" or "empty land"