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Job 30:20

"God, I cry out to you for help, but you don't answer. I stand up and pray, but you don't pay attention to me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Doubting;   Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;when I stand up, you merely look at me.
Hebrew Names Version
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
King James Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
English Standard Version
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
New Century Version
"I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you just look at me.
New English Translation
I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
Amplified Bible
"I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
New American Standard Bible
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
World English Bible
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.
Legacy Standard Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;I stand up, and You carefully consider how to be against me.
Berean Standard Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Contemporary English Version
I beg God for help, but there is no answer; and when I stand up, he simply stares.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I call out to you [God], but you don't answer me; I stand up to plead, but you just look at me.
Darby Translation
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
George Lamsa Translation
I cry to thee, and thou dost not answer me; I stand up and thou dost not consider me.
Good News Translation
I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.
Lexham English Bible
I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
Literal Translation
I cried to You, but You did not answer me. I stood up, and You looked at me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not.
American Standard Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Bible in Basic English
You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
King James Version (1611)
I crie vnto thee, and thou doest not heare me: I stand vp, and thou regardest me not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When I crie vnto thee, thou doest not heare me: and though I stande before thee, yet thou regardest me not.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
English Revised Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me.
Update Bible Version
I cry to you, and you do not answer me: I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Webster's Bible Translation
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
New King James Version
"I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
New Living Translation
"I cry to you, O God, but you don't answer. I stand before you, but you don't even look.
New Life Bible
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me. I stand up, and You turn away from me.
New Revised Standard
I cry to you and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
Revised Standard Version
I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
Young's Literal Translation
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
THE MESSAGE
"I shout for help, God, and get nothing, no answer! I stand to face you in protest, and you give me a blank stare! You've turned into my tormenter— you slap me around, knock me about. You raised me up so I was riding high and then dropped me, and I crashed. I know you're determined to kill me, to put me six feet under.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

Contextual Overview

15 I am shaking with fear. They chased my honor away like dust in the wind. My safety disappears like a cloud. 16 "Now my life is almost gone, and soon I will die. Days of suffering have grabbed me. 17 All my bones ache at night. Pain never stops chewing on me. 18 God grabbed the collar of my coat and twisted my clothes out of shape. 19 He threw me into the mud, and I became like dust and ashes. 20 "God, I cry out to you for help, but you don't answer. I stand up and pray, but you don't pay attention to me. 21 You have become cruel to me; you use your power to hurt me. 22 You let the strong wind blow me away. You throw me around in the storm. 23 I know you will lead me to my death, to that place where all the living must go. 24 "Surely no one would attack a man who is already ruined, when he is hurt and crying for help.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I cry: Job 19:7, Job 27:9, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 80:5, Lamentations 3:8, Lamentations 3:44, Matthew 15:23

Reciprocal: Job 35:13 - regard

Cross-References

Genesis 29:34
Leah became pregnant again and had another son. She named this son Levi. She said, "Now, surely my husband will love me. I have given him three sons."
Genesis 30:15
Leah answered, "You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son's flowers." But Rachel answered, "If you will give me your son's flowers, you can sleep with Jacob tonight."
Genesis 35:23
His firstborn son was Reuben, whose mother was Leah. Jacob's other sons by Leah were Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:14
Zebulun's sons were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun will live near the sea. His seacoast will be a safe place for ships. His land will continue as far as the city of Sidon.
Judges 4:10
At the city of Kedesh, Barak called the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali together. He gathered 10,000 men to follow him from these tribes, and Deborah also went with him.
Judges 5:14
"The men of Ephraim came from the hill country of Amalek. Benjamin, those men followed you and your people. And there were commanders from the family of Makir. Leaders from the tribe of Zebulun came with their bronze clubs.
Psalms 68:27
There is the smallest tribe, Benjamin, leading them. And there comes a large group of leaders from Judah. Following them are the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.
Matthew 4:13
But he did not stay in Nazareth. He went to live in Capernaum, a town near Lake Galilee in the area near Zebulun and Naphtali.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me,.... Which added greatly to his affliction, that though he cried to the Lord for help and deliverance, yet he turned a deaf ear to him; and though he heard him, as undoubtedly he did, he did not answer him immediately; at least not in the way in which he desired and expected he would: crying is expressive of prayer, and supposes distress, and denotes vehemence of spirit:

I stand up; in prayer, standing being a prayer gesture, as many observe from Jeremiah 15:1;

Jeremiah 15:1- :; or he persisted in it, he continued praying, was incessant in it, and yet could obtain no answer; or this signifies silence, as some f interpret it; he cried, and then ceased, waiting for an answer; but whether he prayed, or whether he was silent, it was the same thing:

and thou regardest me [not]; the word "not" is not in this clause, but is repeated from the preceding, as it is by Ben Gersom and others; but some read it without it, and give the sense either thus, thou considerest me whether it is fit to receive my prayer or not, so Sephorno; or to renew my strokes, to add new afflictions to me, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach; or thou lookest upon me as one pleased with the sight of me in such a miserable condition, so far from helping me; wherefore it follows.

f Jarchi, Ben Gersom, and Bar Tzemach.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 prayer.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 30:20. 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.


 
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