Job 6:20
World English Bible (WEB)
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
In context
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. 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 ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
Job 6:20 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
- KJV King James Version
- They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- ASV American Standard Version
- They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
- DBY Darby Translation
- They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.