New English Translation
Job 30:25
25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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
23I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living. 24“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress. Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? 26But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came. 27My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:25 word by word
אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:25
- Psalms 35:13When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
- Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
- Job 31:16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 12:1Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
- Proverbs 14:21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
- Proverbs 17:5The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
- Proverbs 28:8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
- Isaiah 58:7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”
- 2 Corinthians 9:9Just as it is written, “He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains 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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