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Hiob 6:20

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20 sie wurden beschämt, weil sie auf sie vertraut hatten, sie kamen hin und wurden zu Schanden.

Hiob 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 6:20

And they were confounded because they had hoped
When they came to the places where they hoped to find water, finding none were ashamed of their vain hope, and reflected upon themselves for being so foolish as to raise their expectations upon such a groundless surmise:

they came thither, and were ashamed;
which is the same thing expressed in different words; and aptly enough describes Job's disappointment in not meeting with that relief and comfort he expected from his friends, to whom he makes application of all this in the following words.

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Hiob 6:20 In-Context

18 Es schlängeln sich die Pfade ihres Laufes, ziehen hinauf in die Öde und verlieren sich.
19 Es blickten hin die Karawanen Temas, die ReisezĂĽge Schebas hofften auf sie:
20 sie wurden beschämt, weil sie auf sie vertraut hatten, sie kamen hin und wurden zu Schanden.
21 Denn jetzt seid ihr zu nichts geworden; ihr sehet einen Schrecken und fĂĽrchtet euch.
22 Habe ich etwa gesagt: Gebet mir, und machet mir ein Geschenk von eurem Vermögen;
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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