Job 20:19
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
Job 18:15They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
Job 31:13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.
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 →