Key Verse Spotlight
Job 6:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.”
Job 6:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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