Job 6:20

Job 6:20 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

20They are distressed, because they had been confident;

they arrive there, only to be disappointed.

20“They were put to shame, for they had trusted,

They came there and were humiliated.

20They were disappointed for they had trusted,

They came there and were confounded.

20“They were put to shame and disappointed because they had trusted [that they would find water];

They came there and were ashamed.

20They are confounded because they had hoped;

their arrival brings disappointment.

20They become troubled because they had expected to find some.

But when they arrive at the stream beds,

they don’t find any water at all.