Job 30:25
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented 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 them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextLuke 19:41
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Read in contextIsaiah 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?
Read in contextProverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextProverbs 14:21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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