Job 20:19

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;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

In Context

18He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

Job 18:15In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

Job 22:6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

Job 31:13If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

Job 35:9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

Psalms 12:5\12:4\They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

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 →

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