Job 30:25 “Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the…”

Job 30:25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

World English Bible

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

American Standard Version

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Geneva Bible 1599

Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?

Darby Translation

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Young's Literal Translation

Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

Bible in Basic English

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

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Cross references

“Did not I”

Romans 12:15 Jeremiah 13:17 Jeremiah 18:20 Luke 19:41 John 11:35 Psalm 35:13

Romans 12:15 · BSB

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Jeremiah 13:17 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 18:20 · BSB

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.

Luke 19:41 · BSB

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

John 11:35 · BSB

Jesus wept.

Psalm 35:13 · BSB

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

“was”

Job 31:16–21 Psalm 12:1 Proverbs 14:21 Proverbs 14:31 Proverbs 17:5 Proverbs 19:17

Job 31:16–21 · BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Psalm 12:1 · BSB

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

Proverbs 14:21 · BSB

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31 · BSB

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 17:5 · BSB

He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17 · BSB

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Also

Job 24:4

Job 24:4 · BSB

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

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