Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
literally, "each had hoped"; namely, that their companions would find water. The greater had been their hopes the more bitter now their disappointment;
they came thither—to the place.
and were ashamed—literally, "their countenances burn," an Oriental phrase for the shame and consternation of deceived expectation; so "ashamed" as to disappointment (Romans 5:5).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 6:20:
Job 6:19
Micah 1:14
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