God’s Word Translation
Job 6:19
19Caravans from Tema look for them. Travelers from Sheba search for them.
Job 6:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
- New International Version (NIV)The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The caravans of Tema look, The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
Context of Job 6:19
17They vanish during a scorching summer. In the heat their riverbeds dry up. 18They change their course. They go into a wasteland and disappear. Caravans from Tema look for them. Travelers from Sheba search for them. 20They are ashamed because they relied on the streams. Arriving there, they are disappointed. 21“So you are as unreliable to me ⌞as they are⌟. You see something terrifying, and you are afraid.
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הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:19
- Genesis 25:15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
- Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, you inhabitants of the land of Tema. Bring food to the fugitives.
- Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who shave the hair on their foreheads;
- Genesis 10:7Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Assyrians, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- 1 Kings 10:1The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s reputation. (He owed his reputation to the name of the Lord.) So she came to test him with riddles.
- Psalms 72:10May the kings from Tarshish and the islands bring presents. May the kings from Sheba and Seba bring gifts.
- Ezekiel 27:22The merchants from Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They traded the finest spices, precious stones, and gold for your merchandise.
Commentaries on Job 6:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The troops of Tema looked - The caravans coming from Tema are represented as arriving at those places where it was well known torrents did descend from the mountains, and they were full of expectation that here they could not only slake their thirst, but fill their girbas or water-skins; but when they arrive, they find the waters totally dissipated and lost. In vain did the caravans of Sheba wait for them; they did not reappear: and they were confounded…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The troops of Tema looked - That is, looked for the streams of water. On the situation of Tema, see Notes, Job 2:11. This was the country of Eliphaz, and the image would be well understood by him. The figure is one of exquisite beauty. It means that the caravans from Tema, in journeying through the desert, looked for those streams. They came with an expectation of finding the means of allaying their thirst. When they came there they were disappointed, for…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The city of Tema, located in the northern Arabian desert, was at the place roads crossed from Damascus to Mecca and from the Persian Gulf to Aqaba (Isaiah 21:14; Jeremiah 25:23). They might have named it after an ancestor who descended from Ishmael (Genesis 25:15). It was different from "Teman," which was Eliphaz’s home in Edom. Sheba, situated in southwest Arabia, was a trading city for valuable goods (Psalm 72:10, 15; Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 6:20; Ezekiel…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. the troops--that is, "caravans." Tema--north of Arabia-Deserta, near the Syrian desert; called from Tema son of Ishmael (Ge 25:15; Is 21:14; Jr 25:23), still so called by the Arabs. Job 6:19, 20 give another picture of the mortification of disappointed hopes, namely, those of the caravans on the direct road, anxiously awaiting the return of their companions from the distant valley. The mention of the locality whence the caravans came gives living…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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