Job 30:25
23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24 Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
- KJV
- Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- 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?
- DARBY
- Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
- BLB
- If not did I weep for the harshness of day, [while] my soul grieved for the needy one?
- ÅB
- Gråt jeg ikke selv over den som hadde hårde dager? Sørget ikke min sjel over den fattige?
- OTB
- Har jeg ikke grått for den som er i nød?
Var min sjel ikke bedrøvet for den trengende? - B1930
- Gråt jeg ikke selv over den som hadde hårde dager? Sørget ikke min sjel over den fattige?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Read in contextPsalms 35:13–14
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Read in contextLuke 19:41
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7–8
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Read in contextProverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Read in contextProverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
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