Job 30:25

Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

24Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity—for that very reason, is there an outcry for help.

26Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in darkness;

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Cross References

Job 24:4They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.

Job 29:16A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;

Job 31:31If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,

Psalms 35:13But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:

Proverbs 14:31The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

Proverbs 19:17A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

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 →

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