KJV King James Version
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
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Job 30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
WEB World English Bible
Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
ASV American Standard Version
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.
Surrounding context — Job 30
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
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.
25 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.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.
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Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.Psalm 35:13-14But 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.Jeremiah 13:17But 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.Luke 19:41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.2 Corinthians 9:9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.Isaiah 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?Job 31:16-21If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.Job 24:4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.Jeremiah 18:20Shall 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.Psalm 12:1To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.John 11:35Jesus wept.Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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