Job 30:24
Who would want to kick a man when he is down, when they cry for help in their time of trouble?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
In Context
23I know you're taking me to my death, to the place where all the living go.
25Didn't I weep for those having hard times? Didn't I grieve at what the poor suffered?
Cross References
Judges 5:31May all your enemies die like this, Lord, but may those who love you shine like the sun in all its brilliance!” The land was at peace for forty years.
Psalms 35:25Don't let them say to themselves, “Look! We got what we wanted!” Don't let them say, “We completely destroyed 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 →