King James Version
Job 30:25 in the King James Version says “Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. grave: Heb. heap
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“was not my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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