Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
BSB
ASV
The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
KJV
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
The troops of Tema looked - That is, looked for the streams of water. On the situation of Tema, see Notes, Job 2:11. This was the country of Eliphaz, and the image would be well understood by him. The figure is one of exquisite beauty. It means that the caravans from Tema, in journeying through the desert, looked for those streams. They came with an expectation of finding the means of allaying their thirst. When they came there they were disappointed, for the waters had disappeared.
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1 Kings 10:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
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The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,…
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in…
Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
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Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
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Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in…
Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all…
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Isaiah 21:14Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.