Job 6:20

20 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.

Job 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.

Job 6:20 In-Context

18 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.

19 Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.

20 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.

21 But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.

22 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,