Job 6:20

20 They arc confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with 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 The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.

19 Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.

20 They arc confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame.

21 Now you are come: and now, seeing my affliction, you are afraid.

22 Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance?