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Job 20:19
19For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
Job 20:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.
Context of Job 20:19
17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. 18What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading. For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build. 20“Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure. 21Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.
Read all of Job 20Job 20:19 word by word
כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 20:19
- Job 21:27“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
- Job 24:2There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
- Job 31:13“If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,
- Job 35:9“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”
- Psalms 10:18defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
- Psalms 12:5“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
- James 5:4Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Commentaries on Job 20:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19He hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor - Literally, He hath broken in pieces the forsaken of the poor; דלים עזב רצץ כי ki ritstsats azab dallim . The poor have fled from famine, and left their children behind them; and this hard-hearted wretch, meaning Job all the while, has suffered them to perish, when he might have saved them alive. He hath violently taken away a house which he builded not - Or rather, He hath thrown down a house, and hath not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Because he hath oppressed - Margin, “crushed.” Such is the Hebrew. And forsaken the poor - He has plundered them, and then forsaken them - as robbers do. The meaning is, that he had done this by his oppressive manner of dealing, and then left them to suffer and pine in want. He hath violently taken away an house which he builded not - That is, by overreaching and harsh dealings he has come in possession of dwellings which he did not build, or purchase in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 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 sets his heart upon these…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. oppressed--whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (2Ch 16:10). forsaken--left helpless. house--thus leaving the poor without shelter (Is 5:8; Mi 2:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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