Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
American Standard Version
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 am become like dust and ashes.
21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Cross References
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms 80:4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth 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 →