Job 30:25

In 11 translations

BSB

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

KJV

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?in trouble: Heb. hard of day?

WEB

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

ASV

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

LSV

Did I not weep for him whose day is hard? My soul has grieved for the needy.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.

GNV

Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?

JPS

If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.

LXXE

Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.

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WLC

אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα, ἐστέναξα ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις·

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• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
• Psalms 35:13–14Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
• Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
• 2 Corinthians 9:9As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
• Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
• Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Isaiah 58:7–8Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth…
• Job 31:16–21If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail, if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless— though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my…
• Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
• Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
• Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

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