Job 30:20
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.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
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
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Read in contextLamentations 3:8
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Read in contextPsalms 80:4–5
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Read in contextMatthew 15:23
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Read in contextJob 27:9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Read in contextLamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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