The Meaning of Job 30:20 Explained

Job 30:20

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

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

Darby: I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 30:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:20 mean?

I cry out to You but not You do answer me I stand up and You regard me
אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע  I  cry  out 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁוַע  
Sense: (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout.
אֵ֭לֶיךָ  to  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וְלֹ֣א  but  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תַעֲנֵ֑נִי  You  do  answer  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי  I  stand  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן  and  You  regard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בִּין  
Sense: to discern, understand, consider.
בִּֽי  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular