Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

King James Version

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

Holman Bible

The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

International Standard Version

Travelers from Tema search intently; caravans from Sheba hope to find them.

A Conservative Version

The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“The caravans of Tema looked [for water],
The caravans of Sheba waited for them [in vain].

Bible in Basic English

The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

Darby Translation

The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:

Julia Smith Translation

Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye for them.

King James 2000

The caravans of Tema looked, the travelers of Sheba waited for them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The caravans of Tema looked; the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

Modern King James verseion

The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Consider the paths of Tema, and the ways of Sheba, wherein they have put their trust.

NET Bible

The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.

The Emphasized Bible

The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:

Webster

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The troops
ארח 
'orach 
Usage: 59

of Tema
תּמא תּימא 
Teyma' 
Usage: 5

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

the companies
הליכה 
Haliykah 
Usage: 6

of Sheba
שׁבא 
Sh@ba' 
Usage: 23

קוה 
Qavah 
Usage: 49

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

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.



Cross References

Genesis 25:15

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Isaiah 21:14

They brought water to him who was thirsty. The inhabitants of the land of Tema met the fugitives with their bread.

Jeremiah 25:23

Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their beard cut off;

1 Kings 10:1

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

Genesis 10:7

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 25:3

Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Ezekiel 27:22-23

The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

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