Job 30:25

Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity · Job 30:15–31
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Translations

Modern
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Traditional
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Literal
If not did I weep for the harshness of day, while my soul grieved for the needy one?
Latin
Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi.

Original

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

Notes

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

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