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.
• New International Version (NIV)“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.
• 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.

Context of Job 30:20

18With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt. He grips me by the collar of my coat. 19He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes. “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look. 21You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me. 22You throw me into the whirlwind and destroy me 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“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice.
• Job 27:9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
• Psalms 22:2Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer. Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
• Psalms 80:4O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers?
• Lamentations 3:8And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.
• Matthew 15:23But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”

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