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Job 6:19

Job 6:19
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 6:14-21

Eliphaz had been very severe in his censures of Job; and his companions, though as yet they had said little, yet had intimated their concurrence with him. Their unkindness therein poor Job here…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Tema lies in the northern highlands of Arabia, towards the Syrian desert, Isa 21:14; Jer 25:33. On Sheba see Job 1:15.