Job 20:19

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Majority Standard Bible

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 must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

Job 18:15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Job 35:9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

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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