New American Standard Bible 1995
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 You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living. 24“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help? Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? 26When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came. 27I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:25 word by word
אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 30:25
- Psalms 35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good on their behalf, So as to turn away Your wrath from them.
- Luke 19:41When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
- Job 31:16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 12:1Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
- Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:17One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the Lord, And He will repay him for his good deed.
- Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
- Isaiah 58:7Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
- 2 Corinthians 9:9as it is written, “He scattered abroad, 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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