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King James Version

Job 30:20

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

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

New Living Translation
"I cry to you, O God, but you don't answer. I stand before you, but you don't even look.
English Revised Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Update Bible Version
I cry to you, and you do not answer me: I stand up, and you gaze 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
World English Bible
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze 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.
English Standard Version
I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider 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.
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
"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
New King James Version
"I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
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.
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.

Contextual Overview

15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

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 conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 30:15
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 46:14
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
Judges 4:10
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges 5:14
Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Psalms 68:27
There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
Matthew 4:13
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

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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