Job 30:20
I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 have become like dust and ashes.
21Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;
Cross References
Job 19:7Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
Psalms 22:2My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
Psalms 80:4O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I make outcry and implore, he hath shut out my prayer;
Matthew 15:23But, he, answered her no a word. And his disciples, coming forward began requesting him, saying—Dismiss her, because she is 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 →