Job 30 · Verse 20

Job 30:20

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job 30:20, King James Version

Job 30:20 in other translations

BSBI cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
WEBI cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
ASVI cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
YLTI cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
DARBYI cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
BBEYou give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
WebsterI cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

What does Job 30:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 30:16-23

16-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 I 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:15-31

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…

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Job 30:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע'a.sha.Va'I cry for helpH7768
אֵ֭לֶיךָ'E.lei.khato youH413
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
תַעֲנֵ֑נִיta.'a.Ne.niyou answer meH6030
עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי'a.Mad.tiI have stoodH5975
וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶןva.tit.Bo.nenand you have considered carefullyH995
בִּֽי\׃Bi<in> me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 30:20

  • Job 19:7

    Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Psalms 80:4-5

    O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  • Psalms 22:2

    O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

  • Job 27:9

    Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

  • Lamentations 3:44

    Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I cry.
19:7; 27:9; Ps 22:2; 80:4,5; La 3:8,44; Mt 15:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 30:19

    He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Job 30:21

    Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

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Job 30:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Clamo á ti, y no me oyes; preséntome, y no me atiendes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je crie à toi, et tu ne me réponds pas; je me tiens là, et tu me regardes!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich schreie zu dir, und du antwortest mir nicht; ich stehe da, und du starrst mich an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me: sto, et non respicis me.