Job 30:20

“I cry for help to you, and you do not answer me; I stand up, and you consider me.”

Job 30:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:20, word by word

I cry for helpאֲשַׁוַּעashava

cry for help

To cry out for help, to call aloud to be rescued.

Where else “ashava” appears
answer meתַעֲנֵtaane

answer

To reply to what was said.

Where else “taane” appears
I stand upעָמַדְתִּיamadti

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “amadti” appears
and you consider meתִּתְבֹּנֶןtitbonen

consider

To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.

Where else “titbonen” appears

Translation note

“And you consider me”: it can be understood “you stay looking at me, without doing anything.”

The context

19He has cast me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

20 · This verse (above)

21You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you bear a grudge against me.

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