Job 6:20

Job chapter 6 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.20This passage

v.21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 9:33

    even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

  • Jeremiah 17:13

    O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

  • Romans 5:5

    and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

  • Jeremiah 14:3

    And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.