Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
In Context
24Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
26For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
Cross References
Job 24:4They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
Proverbs 19:17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →