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Job 6:20
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
Job 6:20 · World English Bible
Job 6:20 in other translations
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
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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 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’?
23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
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