They were confounded because they had hoped - The caravans of Tema and Sheba. The word “confounded” here means ashamed.

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They were confounded. — Compare Jeremiah’s description of the famine (Jeremiah 14:3).

And they were confounded because they had hoped When they came to the places where they hoped to find water, finding none…

In his prosperity, Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. T…

In the preceding verses, Job had shown that while he felt pain and spoke from that pain, he did so rationally and was not carried away by his suffe…