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Job 30:20

"I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at 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.
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.
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"Terrors are turned upon me; They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. 16"And now my soul is poured out within me; The days of affliction have seized me. 17"My bones are pierced [with aching] in the night season, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest. 18"By the great force [of my disease] my garment (skin) is disfigured and blemished; It binds about me [choking me] like the collar of my coat. 19"God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis], And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes. 20"I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.21"You have become harsh and cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me. 22"You lift me up on the wind and cause me to ride [upon it]; And You toss me about in the tempest and dissolve me in the storm. 23"For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living. 24"However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out 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
She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me [as a companion], for I have given him three sons." Therefore he was named Levi.
Genesis 30:15
But Leah answered, "Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" So Rachel said, "Jacob shall sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
Genesis 46:14
The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun shall dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven (landing place) for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.
Judges 4:10
And Barak summoned [the fighting men of the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up under his command; Deborah also went up with him.
Judges 5:14
"From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, After you, Benjamin, with your relatives; From Machir came down commanders and rulers, And from Zebulun those who handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe.
Psalms 68:27
The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them, The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes], The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, He went and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country 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.


 
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