Job 30:20,21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Thou dost not hear me Namely, so as to answer or help me. I stand up Namely, before thee: I pray importunately and continually, as thou requirest; and thou regardest me not Notwithstanding all my griefs and cries, thou dost not pity and help me, but rather seemest to take pleasure in beholding my calamities, as the following words imply; Thou art become cruel to me Hebrew, תהפךְ, tehapheck, Thou art turned to be cruel, as if thou hadst changed thy very nature; which is kind, merciful, and gracious; and such thou hast formerly been in thy carriage to me; but now thou art grown severe, rigorous, and inexorable. Thou opposest thyself against me Thy power, wherewith I expected that thou wouldest have supported me under my troubles, thou usest against me.

Job 30:20-21

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

21 Thou art becomee cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.