Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

International Standard Version

Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy?

A Conservative Version

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not 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?

Amplified


“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved 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?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

If I wept not for him being hard of day: my soul was grieved for the needy.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Have I not wept for {the unfortunate}, [and] grieved myself over the poor?

Modern King James verseion

Did I not weep for him whose day was hard; and my soul grieved for the poor?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor?

NET Bible

Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

New Heart English Bible

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

The Emphasized Bible

Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy.

Webster

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?

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Did not I weep
בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

was not my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

עגם 
`agam 
Usage: 1

References

Fausets

Job

Smith

Context Readings

Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God

24 "Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help? 25 “Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

Cross References

Psalm 35:13-14

But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

Job 24:4

They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Job 31:16-21

"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 12:1

Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 28:8

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

Isaiah 58:7-8

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."

Luke 19:41

And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it,

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

2 Corinthians 9:9

As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

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