Job 30:25

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

23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living. 24Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth. Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy? 26For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness. 27My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.

Job 30:25 word by word

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• weepבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• hardקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34

Cross-references for Job 30:25

• Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
• Jeremiah 13:17And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
• Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
• Luke 19:41And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.
• Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Psalms 12:1Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
• Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflicted, happy is he.
• Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.
• Proverbs 19:17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
• Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
• Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• 2 Corinthians 9:9according as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor, his righteousness remains for ever.

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