Job 30:25 · 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?}”
— Job 30:25
Howbeit he will not stretch out {his} hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. {grave: Heb. heap}
When I looked for good, then evil came {unto me}: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 30 — Context
For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
24Howbeit he will not stretch out {his} hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. {grave: Heb. heap}
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was {not} my soul grieved for the poor? {in trouble: Heb. hard of day?}
26When I looked for good, then evil came {unto me}: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Cross References
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Psalms 35:13-14
But 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. {humbled: or, afflicted}
Jeremiah 13:17
But 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.
Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: {and} he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
2 Corinthians 9:9
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. {that which...: or, his deed}