Job 6:20
But they stand ashamed because they had trusted; they come thither and are made to blush.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19The caravans of Thema look hither, the travelling companies Sheba hope for them;
21For truly now ye are like such a one: ye see my terrible state and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint, is confidence in a treacherous man in a time of distress.
Jeremiah 17:13Hope of Israel, O Lord, all that forsake thee shall be made ashamed, and the backsliders among me shall be written down on the earth; because they have forsaken the fountain of living waters, the Lord.
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 →