Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?
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?
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.
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
“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand?
Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out for help?
“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?
“When I expected good, then came evil [to me];
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Cross References
Psalm 35:13-14
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others’ joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others’ grief].
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen and obey,
My soul will weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And flow with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Job 24:4
“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 31:16-21
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
Psalm 12:1
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:21
He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],
But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker,
But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,
And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 19:17
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest)
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
Isaiah 58:7-8
“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember [with compassion] that I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
To turn Your anger away from them.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my advice to you be [considered and found] acceptable; break away now from your sins and exhibit your repentance by doing what is right, and from your wickedness by showing mercy to the poor, so that [if you repent] there may possibly be a continuance of your prosperity and tranquility and a healing of your error.’
Luke 19:41
As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
2 Corinthians 9:9
As it is written and forever remains written,
His righteousness endures forever!”