Job 20:19
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
20Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.'
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 hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
Job 35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5(12-6) 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; '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 →