Job 30:25

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Revised Version 1895

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

24Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand; though it be in his destruction, one may utter a cry because of these things.

26When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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Cross References

Job 24:4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 29:16I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?

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 mine own bosom.

Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that hath mercy on the needy honoureth him.

Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, and his good deed will he pay him again.

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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