Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 30 connects to 10 cross-references. The contrast with chapter 29 is stark: now Job is mocked by the worthless children of outcasts, abandoned by God who has become his adversary, and left to cry out in pain with no answer. He describes his wasting body …
Other Translations
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.
Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
Cross References
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my …
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth …
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay …