Job 6:19
The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
In Context
18The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.
20They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
Cross References
Genesis 25:3And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
1 Kings 10:1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
Psalms 72:10Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.
Jeremiah 25:23Dedan and Tema and Buz, and all who have the ends of their hair cut;
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 →