Job 6:20
but their hopes were dashed—they came and found nothing.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19Caravans from Tema looked, travelers from Sheba were confident,
21Now you are no help, just like that —you see my trouble and you're afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4As for you, you cover things up by telling lies! You are all like doctors who can't heal anyone!
Proverbs 25:19Trusting in unreliable people in times of trouble is like eating with a broken tooth or walking on a bad foot.
Jeremiah 17:13Lord, you are Israel's hope. Anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.
Romans 9:33just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I'm placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend people. But those who trust in him won't be disappointed.”
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 →