Job 20:19

In 11 translations

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;oppressed: Heb. crushed

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.

LSV

For he oppressed—he forsook the poor, || He has taken a house away violently, || And he does not build it.

YLT

For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

DBY

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

DRC

Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

GNV

For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.

JPS

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

LXXE

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

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WLC

כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Πολλῶν γὰρ δυνατῶν οἴκους ἔθλασε· δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασε, καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν.

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• Job 35:9Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
• Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
• James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
• James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Deuteronomy 28:33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
• Micah 2:9You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
• 1 Samuel 12:3–4Here 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…
• Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
• Job 31:38–39if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
• Amos 4:1–3Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.” The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are…
• Lamentations 3:34To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
• Job 21:27–28Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me. For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
• Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

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