Christian Standard Bible
Job 30:25
25Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Job 30:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- New International Version (NIV)Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have I not wept for him who was in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Context of Job 30:25
23Yes, I know that you will lead me to death — the place appointed for all who live. 24Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined person when he cries out to him for help because of his distress. Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy? 26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came. 27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of suffering confront me.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:25 word by word
אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:25
- Psalms 35:13Yet when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, and my prayer was genuine.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn your anger from them.
- Luke 19:41As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Job 31:16If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
- Psalms 12:1Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
- Proverbs 14:21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.
- Proverbs 17:5The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.
- Proverbs 28:8Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- 2 Corinthians 9:9As it is written: He distributed freely; he gave to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.
Commentaries on Job 30:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? - Mr. Good translates much nearer the sense of the original, יום לקשה liksheh yom . "Should I not then weep for the ruthless day?" May I not lament that my sufferings are only to terminate with my life? Or, Did I not mourn for those who suffered by times of calamity? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? Did I not relieve the distressed according to my power; and did I not sympathize with the sufferer?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Did not I weep - Job here appeals to his former life, and says that it had been a characteristic of his life to manifest compassion to the afflicted and the poor. His object in doing this is, evidently, to show how remarkable it was that he was so much afflicted. “Did I deserve,” the sense is, “such a hard lot? Has it been brought on me by my own fault, or as a punishment for a life where no compassion was shown to others?” So far from it, he says, that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. May I not be allowed to complain of my calamity, and beg relief, seeing that I myself sympathized with those "in trouble" (literally, "hard of day"; those who had a hard time of it).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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