Job 6:20
They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:
21For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.
Cross References
Job 13:4For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!
Proverbs 25:19A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger.
Jeremiah 17:13Thou hope of Israel Yahweh, All who forsake thee, shall turn pale,—Yea, all who depart from me, in the ground, shall be written, For they have forsaken a fountain of living water, even Yahweh.
Romans 9:33Even as it is written—Lo! I lay in Zion, a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over, and, he that resteth faith thereupon, 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 →