Job 6:20
They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
21For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Proverbs 25:19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Romans 9:33as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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 →