Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
Job 6:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- KJV
- They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
- WEB
- They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
- ASV
- They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
- LSV
- They were ashamed that one has trusted, || They have come to it and are confounded.
- YLT
- They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
- DBY
- They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
- DRC
- They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.
- GNV
- But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.
- JPS
- They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
- LXXE
- They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בֹּ֥שׁוּ כִּֽי־בָטָ֑ח בָּ֥אוּ עָ֝דֶ֗יהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ αἰσχύνην ὀφειλήσουσιν, οἱ ἐπὶ πόλεσι καὶ χρήμασι πεποιθότες.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Romans 9:33as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Jeremiah 14:3–4The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen…
- Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
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