Job 20:19
For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3'Lo, here [am] I; testify against me, over-against Jehovah, and over-against His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose ass have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide mine eyes with it? — and I restore to you.'
Job 18:15It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.
Job 22:6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, 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 do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe 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 →