“Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:”
Job notes that the waddy becomes dark with ice and is hidden with snow, using the imagery of a water source obscured by winter to extend the metaphor of the friends' unreliability. The darkness and concealment represent the invisibility of support when most needed. The extended metaphor emphasizes that the friends' presence and concern do not translate into actual sustenance.
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