Job 6:20
They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
21For now ye are nothing. Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies. Ye are all physicians of no value.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Romans 9:33just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:15-22
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.… Read the whole commentary →