Job 30:20 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

Past glory; present humiliation (29:1-30:31)Since the three friends have nothing more to say, Job proceeds to show that in the past he had indeed tried to fear God and avoid wrongdoing. So close was his fellowship with God in those days that he could call it friendship (29:1-4). He was blessed with family happiness and prosperity (5-6). He was one of the city elders and was highly respected by the whole community (7-10).Most rulers were corrupt, favouring the rich and oppressing the poor, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 30:20

hear = answer. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 30:20

20. stand up—the reverential attitude of a suppliant before a king (1 Kings 8:14; Luke 18:11-13). not—supplied from the first clause. But the intervening affirmative "stand" makes this ellipsis unlikely. Rather, as in 1 Kings 8:14- : (not only dost thou refuse aid to me "standing" as a suppliant, but), thou dost regard me with a frown: eye me sternly. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 30:1-31

Job’s present misery ch. 30"Chapter 29 speaks of what the Lord gave to Job and chapter 30 speaks of what the Lord took away (cf. Job 1:21)." [Note: Zuck, Job, p. 129.] Job was presently without respect (Job 30:1-15), disregarded (Job 30:16-23), and despondent (Job 30:24-31). He had formerly enjoyed the respect of the most respectable, but now he experienced the contempt of the most contemptible (Job 30:1-15; cf. Job 29:8; cf. Job 29:21-25). [Note: Andersen, p. 235.] "The lengthy description of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:1-31

Job’s Present MiseryJob bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29. It must be borne in mind that Job was now outcast and beggared.1-8. Job complains that he is insulted by abject outcasts, the class of broken men who are expelled from respectable tribes and live by thieving. They are common E. of Jordan in the nomadic regions.2b. RV ’Men in whom ripe age’ (or vigour) ’is perished.’3. Solitary] RV ’gaunt.’Flying, etc.] render, ’Fugitives in the desert on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 30:20

(20) Thou regardest me not.—The Authorised Version understands that the negative of the first clause must be supplied in the second, as is the case in Psalms 9:18 : “The needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.” Others understand it, “I stand up (i.e., to pray) in the attitude of prayer, and Thou lookest at me,” i.e., and doest no more with mute indifference. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 30:1-31

Job 30:15-16 This sickness brought him so near to the gates of death, and he saw the grave so ready to devour him, that he would often say, his recovery was supernatural. And then, being with his eldest daughter, Mrs. Harvey, at Abury Hatch in Essex, he there fell into a fever, which, with the help of his constant infirmity vapours from the spleen hastened him into so visible a consumption, that his beholders might say of him, as St. Paul of himself, 'I die daily,' and he might say with Job,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 30:1-31

XXIV.AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KINGJob 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40Job SPEAKSFROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the years of prosperity and health which in long succession he once enjoyed. This parable or review of the past ends his contention. Honour and blessedness are apparently denied him forever. With what has been he compares his present misery and proceeds to a bold and noble vindication of his character... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 30:1-31

CHAPTER 30 1. His present humiliation and shame (Job 30:1-19 ) 2. No answer from God: completely forsaken (Job 30:20-31 ) Job 30:1-19 . He had spoken of his past greatness and now he describes his present misery. Ah! the bitterness if it--those younger than I have me in derision! Alas! through it all we hear nothing but pride. He scorns those who were so much beneath him. And those who were scourged out of the land, these children of fools and base men, mock him, the former prince among... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:1-31

MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS (vv.1-8) What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had once shown Job every respect, but now young men of what might be considered the lowest class, were making Job the subject of their mockery, - men whose fathers Job would have disdained to employ to work with the dogs that cared for his flocks (v.1). This reveals. another side of Job's character. He spoke before of his delivering the poor and the fatherless and those who had no helpers... read more