Job 20:19
For he oppressed—he forsook the poor, || He has taken a house away violently, || And he does not build it.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20For he has not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he does not deliver himself.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I [am]; testify against me before YHWH, and before His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide my eyes with it? And I restore [it] to you.”
Job 18:15It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
Job 22:6For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked.
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my manservant, || And of my handmaid, || In their contending with me,
Job 35:9Because of the multitude of oppressions || They cause to cry out, || They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.
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 →