Job 30:25
Did I not weep for him that was hard pressed by misfortune? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Leeser Tanakh
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
26That I hoped for good, but there came evil; and I waited for light, and there came darkness!
Cross References
Job 24:4They chase the needy out of the highway: altogether hide themselves the poor of the earth.
Job 29:16A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.
Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh;—
Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted with fasting my soul, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; but he that is gracious to the needy honoreth him.
Proverbs 19:17He lendeth unto the Lord that is liberal to the poor, and his good deed 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 →