Job 30:20
I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hatest me.
Cross References
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Psalms 22:2(22-3) O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.
Psalms 80:4(80-5) O LORD 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 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 →