Job 20:19

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;
• New International Version (NIV)For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
• 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.

Context of Job 20:19

17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 18That 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 in it . Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he did not build; 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Job 20:19 word by word

כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• oppressedרָצַץrâtsats · to crushH7533
• forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: neglectH5800
• poorדַּלdal · poorH1800
• awayגָּזַלgâzal · to plunderH1497
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129

Cross-references for Job 20:19

• Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
• Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Job 24:2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and their feed.
• Job 31:13If I despised the cause of my male or female servant, when they contended with me;
• Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am : witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it you.
• Psalms 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
• Psalms 12:5For 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.
• Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
• Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
• James 2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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

Topics related to Job 20:19

• Creditor
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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