Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have I not wept for {the unfortunate}, [and] grieved myself over the poor?
New American Standard Bible
Was not my soul grieved for
King James Version
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Holman Bible
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?
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.
Themes
Compassion and sympathy » Exemplified » Job
Social duties » Sympathy the marks of true » Human, examples of
Topics
Interlinear
Bakah
Qasheh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God
24 "Surely someone must not send a hand against [the] needy when, in his misfortune, [there is] a cry of help for them. 25 Have I not wept for {the unfortunate}, [and] grieved myself over the poor? 26 Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came, and I waited for light, but darkness came.
Cross References
Psalm 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen to it, my inner self will weep in secret places, because of {the presence of} [your] pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt [in] tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
Job 24:4
They thrust [the] poor off the road; [the] needy of [the] earth hide themselves together.
Job 31:16-21
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Psalm 12:1
Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.
Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:17
He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.
Proverbs 28:8
He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
Isaiah 58:7-8
[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid in place of evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember my standing {before you} to speak good for them, to avert your wrath from them.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable [to you] and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on [the] oppressed, {in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity}.'"
Luke 19:41
And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
2 Corinthians 9:9
Just as it is written, "He scattered widely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remains {forever}."