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Job 30:20

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I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
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  1. Job 19:7Rank 1 from verse 20
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    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  2. Lamentations 3:8Rank 2 from verse 20
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    8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  3. Psalms 22:2Rank 3 from verse 20
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    2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

  4. Psalms 80:4–5Rank 4 from verse 20
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    4O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

    5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  5. Job 27:9Rank 5 from verse 20
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    9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

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Job 30:20

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dost

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Sense 1: Do: perform, act, or carry out. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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COMBINED MEANING

stand

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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

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regardest

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Second-person singular present form of regard: to consider, heed, respect, or esteem.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

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

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

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