Job 6:20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
21For now all of you are nothing; all of you see my casting down, and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4But all of you are forgers of lies, all of you are all physicians of no value.
Proverbs 25:19Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Romans 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
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 →