Job 30:25
Didn't I weep for those having hard times? Didn't I grieve at what the poor suffered?
Free Bible 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
24Who would want to kick a man when he is down, when they cry for help in their time of trouble?
Cross References
Job 24:4They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
Job 29:16I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.
Job 31:31Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
Psalms 35:13But when they were sick, I put on clothes of sackcloth in sympathy. I denied myself through fasting. May my prayer for them return to bless me too.
Proverbs 14:31Anyone who oppresses the poor insults their Maker, but anyone who is kind to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 19:17If you're kind to the poor, you're lending to the Lord, and he will repay you well for what you've done.
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 →