Job 6:20
They are ashamed that they have relied on them; They come to their place, and are confounded.
Noyes 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 them; The companies of Sheba expect to see them;
21So ye also are nothing; Ye see a terror, and shrink back.
Cross References
Job 13:4For ye are forgers of lies; Physicians of no value, all of you!
Proverbs 25:19As a broken tooth, and a wavering foot, So is trust in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
Jeremiah 17:13O thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! All that forsake thee shall be put to shame; Yea, all that depart from me shall be written in dust, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, they have forsaken Jehovah.
Romans 9:33as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth in him shall not 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 →