Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job 20:19 in other translations
| BSB | For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. |
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| WEB | For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. |
| ASV | For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. |
| YLT | For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it. |
| DARBY | For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build. |
| BBE | Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; |
| Webster | Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. |
What does Job 20:19 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:10-22
The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man…
Job 20:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 20:19
- Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Job 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Amos 4:1-3
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the Lord.
- Job 31:13-22
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; …
- Job 24:2-12
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. …
- Psalms 12:5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:27,28; 22:6; 24:2-12; 31:13-22,38,39; 35:9; 1Sa 12:3,4; Ps 10:18
Ps 12:5; Pr 14:31; 22:22,23; Ec 4:1; 5:8; Eze 22:29; Am 4:1-3
Jas 2:6,13; 5:4
oppressed. Heb. crushed.
De 28:33; La 3:34
he hath violently.
18:15; 24:2; 1Ki 21:19; Isa 5:7,8; Mic 2:2,9
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Context
- Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- Job 20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Job 20:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó á los pobres, robó casas, y no las edificó; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car il a opprimé, délaissé les pauvres; il a pillé une maison qu’il n’avait pas bâtie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn er hat mißhandelt, verlassen die Armen; Häuser hat er an sich gerissen und wird sie nicht ausbauen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes: domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam. |