Job 6:19

19 De reizigers van Thema zien ze, de wandelaars van Scheba wachten op haar.

Job 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 6:19

The troops of Tema looked
A city in Arabia, so called from Tema a son of Ishmael, ( Genesis 25:15 ) ; these troops or companies were travelling ones, either that travelled to Tema, or that went from thence to other places for merchandise, see ( Isaiah 21:13 Isaiah 21:14 ) ; these, as they passed along in their caravans, as the Turks their successors now do, looked at those places where in the wintertime they observed large waters frozen over, and covered with snow, and expected to have been supplied from thence in the summer season, for the extinguishing of their thirst:

the companies of Sheba waited for them:
another people in Arabia, which went in companies through the deserts, where being in great want of water for their refreshment, waited patiently till they came to those places, where they hoped to find water to relieve them, which they had before marked in the wintertime.

Job 6:19 In-Context

17 Ten tijde, als zij van hitte vervlieten, worden zij uitgedelgd; als zij warm worden, verdwijnen zij uit haar plaats.

18 De gangen haars wegs wenden zich ter zijde af; zij lopen op in het woeste, en vergaan.

19 De reizigers van Thema zien ze, de wandelaars van Scheba wachten op haar.

20 Zij worden beschaamd, omdat elkeen vertrouwde; als zij daartoe komen, zo worden zij schaamrood.

21 Voorwaar, alzo zijt gijlieden mij nu niets geworden; gij hebt gezien de ontzetting, en gij hebt gevreesd.