Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
American Standard Version
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
24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Cross References
Job 24:4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Job 31:31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted 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 hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
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 →