Job 6:20
They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
In Context
19Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
21Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
Cross References
Job 13:4And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought — all of you,
Proverbs 25:19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
Jeremiah 17:13The hope of Israel [is] Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And 'My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.
Romans 9:33according as it hath been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon 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 →