Job 30:20
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
World English Bible Classic
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 has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
21You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
Cross References
Job 19:7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Psalms 22:2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms 80:4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
Lamentations 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; 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 →