Job 30:20
18 With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
- KJV
- I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
- WEB
- I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
- ASV
- I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
- DARBY
- I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
- BLB
- I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You gaze at me.
- ÅB
- Jeg skriker til deg, men du svarer meg ikke; jeg står der, og du bare ser på meg.
- OTB
- Jeg roper til Deg om hjelp, men Du svarer ikke;
jeg står opp, og Du vender Ditt blikk mot meg. - B1930
- Jeg skriker til dig, men du svarer mig ikke; jeg står der, og du bare ser på mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:7
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Read in contextLamentations 3:8
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Read in contextPsalms 80:4–5
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Read in contextMatthew 15:23
But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
Read in contextJob 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Read in contextLamentations 3:44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
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