Job 30:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.”

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BSBPD

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  2. Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  3. Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  4. Psalms 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
  5. Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
  6. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
  7. Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
  8. Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
  9. Matthew 15:23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”

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