Job 6:20
They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
21Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions.
Proverbs 25:19To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,
Jeremiah 17:13O Lord the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.
Romans 9:33As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and a rock of scandal; and whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.
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 →