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Job 30:20
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I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;when I stand up, you merely look at me.
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
"I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you just look at me.
I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
"I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.
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.
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
I beg God for help, but there is no answer; and when I stand up, he simply stares.
"I call out to you [God], but you don't answer me; I stand up to plead, but you just look at me.
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
"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.
I cry to thee, and thou dost not answer me; I stand up and thou dost not consider me.
I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.
I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
I cried to You, but You did not answer me. I stood up, and You looked at me.
Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
I crie vnto thee, and thou doest not heare me: I stand vp, and thou regardest me not.
When I crie vnto thee, thou doest not heare me: and though I stande before thee, yet thou regardest me not.
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me.
I cry to you, and you do not answer me: I stand up, and you gaze at me.
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
"I cry to you, O God, but you don't answer. I stand before you, but you don't even look.
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me. I stand up, and You turn away from me.
I cry to you and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.
I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
"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.
"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
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
She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi. [fn]
But she said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" And Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
The sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
"Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, [fn] and Deborah went up with him.
From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, From Machir rulers came down, And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter's staff.
There is little Benjamin, their leader, The princes of Judah and their company, The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of 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.
