Job 30:20 “I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You…”

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I cry unto 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.

American Standard Version

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.

Darby Translation

I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.

Young's Literal Translation

I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

Bible in Basic English

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

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Cross references

“I cry”

Job 19:7 Psalm 22:2 Lamentations 3:8 Job 27:9 Lamentations 3:44 Matthew 15:23

Job 19:7 · BSB

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Psalm 22:2 · BSB

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Lamentations 3:8 · BSB

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Job 27:9 · BSB

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Lamentations 3:44 · BSB

You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Matthew 15:23 · BSB

But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

21You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

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