20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.


In Context

17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.

19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

22 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'

Job 6:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:20They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.