Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Job 30:25 in other translations
| BSB | Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy? |
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| WEB | Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy? |
| ASV | Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? |
| YLT | Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy. |
| DARBY | Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy? |
| BBE | Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need? |
| Webster | Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? |
What does Job 30:25 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:15-31
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…
Job 30:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 30:25
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
- Psalms 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
- Jeremiah 13:17
But 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 the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.
- Luke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
- Isaiah 58:7-8
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
- Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
- Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Proverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- John 11:35
Jesus wept.
- Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Daniel 4:27
Wherefore, 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.
- Job 31:16-21
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; …
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Context
- Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
- Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 30:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿No lloré yo al afligido? Y mi alma ¿no se entristeció sobre el menesteroso? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | N’ai-je pas pleuré sur celui pour qui les temps étaient durs, et mon âme n’a-t-elle pas été attristée pour le pauvre? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Weinte ich denn nicht über den, der harte Tage hatte? war meine Seele nicht um den Dürftigen bekümmert? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi. |