Job 6:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:15 : 15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Isa 21:14 : 14 Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
Jer 25:23 : 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Gen 10:7 : 7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Gen 25:3 : 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Ezek 27:22-23 : 22 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were thy traffickers.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 6:20
80%
20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
Job 6:17-18
2 verses
77%
17What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
Isa 21:13-15
3 verses
74%
13The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.
14Unto him that was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
15For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Isa 60:6
70%
6The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
1 Chr 1:30
69%
30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
Job 19:12
69%
12His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
Ps 72:10
69%
10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Jer 25:23-24
2 verses
68%
23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners [of their hair] cut off;
24and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;
Song 6:13
68%
13Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?
Ps 48:4-5
2 verses
67%
4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
5They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
Ps 56:6
67%
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Obad 1:6
67%
6How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
Obad 1:9
67%
9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
Jer 49:7
67%
7Of Edom. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
Job 29:23
67%
23And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Ezek 27:21-22
2 verses
67%
21Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.
22The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
1 Chr 1:22-23
2 verses
67%
22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
2 Chr 17:19
67%
19These were they that waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Nah 2:5
67%
5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
Isa 30:5-6
2 verses
67%
5They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
6The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them].
Judg 6:3
67%
3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
Job 24:5
66%
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
Ps 83:6
66%
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Ps 39:7
66%
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
Isa 21:7
66%
7and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.
2 Chr 9:1
66%
1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
Job 32:16
66%
16And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
2 Chr 9:12
66%
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
Hab 1:9
66%
9They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.
Isa 8:22
66%
22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
Ezek 23:42
66%
42And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
Jer 14:3
66%
3And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
2 Chr 20:24
66%
24And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.
Gen 25:15
66%
15Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Isa 60:9
66%
9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Song 3:7
65%
7Behold, it is the litter Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
Jer 2:10
65%
10For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.
Jer 6:3
65%
3Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
Judg 5:28
65%
28Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
1 Sam 13:18
65%
18and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
Ezek 38:13
65%
13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?