Job 6:20
They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
Darby Translation
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 counted on them:
21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Proverbs 25:19A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
Jeremiah 17:13Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Romans 9:33according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.
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 →