Job 30:25
I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
26I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
Cross References
Job 24:4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
Job 29:16I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor, upbraideth his Maker: but he that hath pity on the poor, honoureth him.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay 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 →