Job 6:20
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
21For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
Jeremiah 17:13LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living waters.
Romans 9:33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will 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 →