Job 20:19
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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Compare
- BSB
- For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- KJV
- Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- WEB
- For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
- ASV
- For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- DARBY
- For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
- BLB
- For he has crushed [and] forsaken the poor; he has seized a house, and he did not build it.
- ÅB
- For han knuste småfolk og lot dem ligge der; han rante hus til seg, men får ikke bygge dem om;
- OTB
- For han har knust og forlatt de fattige;
han har tatt et hus han ikke bygde. - B1930
- For han knuste småfolk og lot dem ligge der; han rante hus til sig, men får ikke bygge dem om;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Read in contextProverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Read in contextProverbs 22:22–23
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Read in contextJames 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Read in contextJames 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Read in contextJob 22:6
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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