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Young's Literal Translation

Job 30:20

I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
"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.
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.
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 He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away. 16 And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction. 17 At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down. 18 By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me. 19 Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me. 21 Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppresest me. 22 Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest -- Thou levellest me. 23 For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And [to] the house appointed for all living. 24 Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

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
And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now [is] the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,' therefore hath [one] called his name Levi.
Genesis 30:15
And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?' and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son's love-apples.'
Genesis 35:23
And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:14
And sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon.
Judges 4:10
And Barak calleth Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he goeth up -- at his feet [are] ten thousand men -- and Deborah goeth up with him.
Judges 5:14
Out of Ephraim their root [is] against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.
Psalms 68:27
There [is] little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah their defence, Heads of Zebulun -- heads of Naphtali.
Matthew 4:13
and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

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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