Job 30:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not.
American King James Version (AKJV)
I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
Webster's Revision
I cry to thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
World English Bible
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
English Revised Version (ERV)
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Clarke's Job 30:20 Bible Commentary
I cry unto thee - I am persecuted by man, afflicted with sore disease, and apparently forsaken of God.
I stand up - Or, as some translate, "I persevere, and thou lookest upon me." Thou seest my desolate, afflicted state; but thine eye doth not affect thy heart. Thou leavest me unsupported to struggle with my adversities.
Barnes's Job 30:20 Bible Commentary
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me - This was a complaint which Job often made, that he could not get the ear of God; that his prayer was not regarded, and that he could not get his cause before him; compare Job 13:3, Job 13:19 ff, and Job 27:9.
I stand up - Standing was a common posture of prayer among the ancients; see Hebrews 11:21; 1 Kings 8:14, 1 Kings 8:55; Nehemiah 9:2. The meaning is, that when Job stood up to pray, God did not regard his prayer.
Wesley's Job 30:20 Bible Commentary
30:20 I stand - I pray importunately and continually.
