Job 30:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי

Transliteration

I ʾăšawwaʿ to You and not You taʿănēnî, I ʿāmaḏtî and You wattiṯbōnen at me

Grammar Details

*ʾăšawwaʿ*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
*ʾēleḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction with negative particle - and not
*taʿănēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you answer me
*ʿāmaḏtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I stand/stood
*wattiṯbōnen*: conjunction with verb, hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you look at/consider
*bî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - at me/on me

Word Meanings

*ʾăšawwaʿ*: cry out/call for help/plead
*taʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me
*ʿāmaḏtî*: I stand/I stood/I remain
*wattiṯbōnen*: look at/consider/gaze at
*bî*: at me/on me/against me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 80:4-5 : 4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lam 3:44 : 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Matt 15:23 : 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

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