Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before 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 of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i
Job 18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Job 22:6For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 31:13If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Job 35:9Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →