19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 complains of, as an aggravation of his calamity and a further excuse of his desire to die; for what satisfaction could he ever expect in this world when those that should have been his comforters thus prove…
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