Job 6:20

20 Confían que esté pero se decepcionan;
cuando llegan, sus esperanzas se desvanecen.

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 Las caravanas se desvían de su ruta para refrescarse,
pero no hay nada para beber y por eso mueren.

19 Las caravanas de Temán van en busca de esta agua;
los viajeros de Saba esperan encontrarla.

20 Confían que esté pero se decepcionan;
cuando llegan, sus esperanzas se desvanecen.

21 Tampoco ustedes han sido de ayuda,
han visto mi calamidad y les da miedo.

22 Pero ¿por qué? ¿Alguna vez les he pedido que me regalen algo?
¿Les he suplicado que me den algo suyo?