1. Job 6:20 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 6:20 (Summary)

Job 6:20 (ESV)

20 They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.

Likewise, Job had been hopeful and confident that his friends would comfort him. He had always been a good friend himself; see Job 29:1–25.

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