New Living Translation
Job 30:25
25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply 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
23And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live. 24“Surely no one would turn against the needy when they cry for help in their trouble. Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply grieved for the needy? 26So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell. 27My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment 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 35:13Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by fasting for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Jeremiah 13:17And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be led away into exile.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
- Luke 19:41But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.
- John 11:35Then Jesus wept.
- Romans 12:15Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.
- Job 31:16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?
- Psalms 12:1Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!
- Proverbs 14:21It is a sin to belittle one’s neighbor; blessed are those who help the poor.
- Proverbs 17:5Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.
- Proverbs 19:17If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!
- Proverbs 28:8Income from charging high interest rates will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.
- Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
- Daniel 4:27“‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’
- 2 Corinthians 9:9As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered 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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