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Job 30:25

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

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בָ֭כִיתִיvakhitiweepבָּכָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “weep”, a completed actionH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.לִקְשֵׁהliqshehto churlishקָשֶׁהpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “to churlish”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7186severe (in various applications)churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, [phrase] impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, [phrase] in trouble.י֑וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עָֽגְמָ֥הagemahgrieveעָגַםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “grieve”, a completed actionH5701to be sadgrieve.נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…לָאֶבְיֽוֹןlaevyonto beggarאֶבְיוֹןpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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