Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.
New American Standard Bible
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
King James Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Holman Bible
when I stand up, You merely look at me.
A Conservative Version
I cry to thee, and thou do not answer me. I stand up, and thou gaze at me.
American Standard Version
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Amplified
“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
Bible in Basic English
You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.
Darby Translation
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
Julia Smith Translation
I shall cry to thee and thou wilt not answer me: I stood up and thou wilt not attend to me.
King James 2000
I cry unto you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you [merely] look at me.
Modern King James verseion
I cried to You, and You did not hear me; I stood up, and You did not consider me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not.
NET Bible
I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.
New Heart English Bible
I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
The Emphasized Bible
I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Calls On God For Help
19 "He tossed me into the mire; I've become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me. 21 You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;
Cross References
Job 19:7
"Although I cried out "Violence!' I received no answer; I cried for help, but there was no justice.
Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?
Psalm 22:2
My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.
Psalm 80:4-5
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?
Lamentations 3:8
Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:44
You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.
Matthew 15:23
But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."