Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Noyes Bible
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
26But when I looked for good, then evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.
Cross References
Job 24:4They push the needy from the way; All the poor of the land are forced to hide themselves.
Job 29:16I was a father to the poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
Job 31:31If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, “Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?”
Psalms 35:13And yet I, during their sickness, clothed myself with sackcloth, And afflicted myself with fasting; And my prayer was turned to my bosom.
Proverbs 14:31He who oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he who hath mercy on the poor honoreth him.
Proverbs 19:17He who hath pity on the poor lendeth to the LORD, And that which he giveth will he 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 →