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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

Job 6:19

In 11 translations

BSB
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
KJV
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
WEB
The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
ASV
The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
LSV
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, || Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
YLT
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
DBY
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
DRC
Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
GNV
They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.
JPS
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
LXXE
Behold the ways of the Thæmanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabæans.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἴδετε ὁδοὺς Θαιμανῶν, ἀτραποὺς, Σαβῶν οἱ διορῶντες.

Who and where

📍 Sheba📍 Tema◆ Job's Trial

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
  • Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
  • Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
  • 1 Kings 10:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
  • Genesis 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
  • Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
  • Ezekiel 27:22–23The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones. Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur,…
  • Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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