en_tn/job/06/18.md

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  • The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water - Job is continuing his description of his friends being as unreliable as streams that dry up. AT: "The paths of travelers change course looking for water"
  • The caravans - This phrase can also be translated as "the paths of caravans" or "the paths of travelers" or "travelers."
  • they wander into barren land and then perish - "they go nowhere and then die"
  • Tema - This is the name of a place. The people of that place used caravans to trade things with people from other lands. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
  • while companies of Sheba hoped in them - "while travelers from Sheba hoped for them"
  • Sheba - This is the name of a place. The people of that place used caravans to trade things with people from other lands. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:translate_names)
  • hoped in them - "hoped for them" or "put their hope in them"
  • They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water - "They were confused because they had trusted that they would find water"
  • but they were deceived - AT: "but they were disappointed" or "but they were not satisfied"