Job 30:20

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only 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

18In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment. 19He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes. “I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me. 21You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me. 22You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.

Job 30:20 word by word

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I cryשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• unto thee, and thou dost not hearעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• me: I stand upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• and thou regardestבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995

Cross-references for Job 30:20

• Job 19:7“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 27:9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
• Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
• Psalms 80:4How long, Lord God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
• Matthew 15:23Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps 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

Topics related to Job 30:20

• Doubting
• Prayer

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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