Job 6:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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

Jer 14:3-4 : 3 And 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. 4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
Jer 17:13 : 13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
Rom 9:33 : 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Job 6:18-19
2 verses
80%
18The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
19The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
Isa 20:5
77%
5And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Ps 22:5
75%
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
Job 6:21
75%
21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
Isa 30:5
74%
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.
Ps 35:26
74%
26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 83:16-17
2 verses
72%
16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Ps 25:3
72%
3Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Isa 45:16
72%
16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
Ps 53:5
72%
5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them.
Ps 34:5
72%
5They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.
Job 8:22
72%
22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Job 41:9
71%
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Jer 6:15
71%
15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Jer 2:26
71%
26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
Ps 40:14-15
2 verses
70%
14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 14:6
70%
6Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.
Jer 14:3
70%
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.
Job 4:5-6
2 verses
70%
5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, [And] the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Isa 1:29
70%
29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isa 41:11
70%
11Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Ezek 16:54
70%
54that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
Isa 30:3
70%
3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Ps 69:6-7
2 verses
70%
6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.
Ps 70:2-3
2 verses
70%
2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
3Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Ps 48:5
70%
5They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away.
Jer 8:12
69%
12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
Ps 44:15
69%
15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
Jer 8:9
69%
9The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Jer 48:13
69%
13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
Job 11:20
68%
20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Ps 39:7
68%
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
Job 18:20
68%
20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
Jer 20:11
68%
11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
2 Kgs 19:26
68%
26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
Ps 37:19
68%
19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Ps 35:4
68%
4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Jer 17:18
68%
18Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Ps 69:20
68%
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Jer 3:24
68%
24But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Mic 7:16
68%
16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
Ps 20:8
68%
8They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.
Isa 37:27
68%
27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.
Job 17:15
68%
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?