Job 30:20
I cry to you, and you do not answer me.I stand up, and you gaze at me.
New Heart English 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 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 'Injustice!' but there is no justice.
Psalms 22:2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer;in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms 80:4Lord God of Hosts,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 →