Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Majority Standard Bible
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 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.
Cross References
Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Matthew 15:23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out 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 →