Job 30:25
Did I not weep for him who was in trouble?Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
New Heart English 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
24"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall?Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
26When I looked for good, then evil came;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.The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
Job 31:31if the men of my tent have not said,'Who can find one who has 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 my own bosom.
Proverbs 14:31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker,but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord;he will reward 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 →