Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.
New American Standard Bible
They came there and were confounded.
King James Version
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Holman Bible
When they arrive there, they are frustrated.
International Standard Version
For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far.
A Conservative Version
They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.
American Standard Version
They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Amplified
“They were put to shame and disappointed because they had trusted [that they would find water];
They came there and were ashamed.
Bible in Basic English
They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
Darby Translation
They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
Julia Smith Translation
They were ashamed for trusting; they came even to it, they will be put to shame.
King James 2000
They were disappointed because they had confidence; they came there, and were confused.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.
Modern King James verseion
They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Confounded are they that put any confidence in them: For when they came to obtain the things that they looked for, they were brought to confusion.
New Heart English Bible
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
The Emphasized Bible
They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
Webster
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
World English Bible
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
Youngs Literal Translation
They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
Interlinear
Buwsh
Batach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
19 The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them. 20 They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed. 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 14:3-4
The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.
Jeremiah 17:13
You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 9:33
just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."