Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
In Context
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
21Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
Cross References
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Psalms 22:2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
Psalms 80:4Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Matthew 15:23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →