Job 6:19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
In Context
18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Cross References
Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim and Leummim.
1 Kings 10:1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
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 →