Job 6:20
They too that trust in cities and riches 1 Shall come to shame. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19Behold the ways of the Temanites, 1 Ye that mark the paths of the Sabeans. 1
21But ye also have come to me without pity; 1 So that beholding my wound ye are afraid. 1
Cross References
Job 13:4But ye are all bad physicians, 1 And healers of diseases. 1
Proverbs 25:19The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day. 1
Jeremiah 17:13O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left thee be ashamed, let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have forsaken the fountain of life, 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 →