English Standard Version
Job 30:20
20I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
Job 30:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
- New International Version (NIV)“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
Context of Job 30:20
18With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic. 19God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me. 21You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me. 22You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it, and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
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אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:20
- Job 19:7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 80:4O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
- Lamentations 3:8though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer;
- Matthew 15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us."
Commentaries on Job 30:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20I cry unto thee - I am persecuted by man, afflicted with sore disease, and apparently forsaken of God. I stand up - Or, as some translate, "I persevere, and thou lookest upon me." Thou seest my desolate, afflicted state; but thine eye doth not affect thy heart. Thou leavest me unsupported to struggle with my adversities.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me - This was a complaint which Job often made, that he could not get the ear of God; that his prayer was not regarded, and that he could not get his cause before him; compare Job 13:3, Job 13:19 ff, and Job 27:9. I stand up - Standing was a common posture of prayer among the ancients; see Hebrews 11:21; 1 Kings 8:14, 1 Kings 8:55; Nehemiah 9:2. The meaning is, that when Job stood up to pray, God did not regard his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21You do not answer: Job often complained about this (9:16; 19:7; 23:2–9; 31:35). But God soon responded (38:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2316-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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