Job 6:21
19 The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
20 They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
- KJV
- For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
- WEB
- For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
- ASV
- For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
- DARBY
- So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
- BLB
- For now you⁺ are nothing; you⁺ see terror, and you⁺ are afraid.
- ÅB
- Slik er dere nå blitt til intet; dere ser ulykken og blir redde.
- OTB
- Ja, dere har nå blitt som dem;
dere ser noe fryktelig og er redde. - B1930
- Således er I nu blitt til intet; I ser ulykken og blir redde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:5–6
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Read in contextJob 13:4
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Read in contextJob 6:15
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
Read in contextMatthew 26:56
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
Read in contextRevelation 18:9–10
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Read in contextPsalms 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
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