Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? By noticing the care with which Job throws back the insinuation of Eliphaz, how much he valued the character of charity, and how he esteemed it his bounden duty to contribute to the wants and necessities of others. Our text is a pathetic appeal, displaying the truly compassionate character of the patriarch. What are the tears which we may imagine fell from the eyes of Job, and which do fall from the eyes of every compassionate man that witnesses suffering and sorrow? They were tears of grief, of sincerity, of self-condemnation. But the compassionate man, like Job, may pour forth tears of indignation. For whom did compassionate Job thus weep? Lit. for "him in a hard day." He that was suffering from privation. I now have to plead for such, for men who are suffering from over-toil and over-exertion. Special reference may be made to the "late-hour system." (J. M'Connell Hussey, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?WEB: Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy? |
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