Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
he seized a house he did not build.
New American Standard Bible
He has seized a house which he has not built.
King James Version
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
International Standard Version
because he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he didn't build.
A Conservative Version
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
American Standard Version
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Amplified
“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
Bible in Basic English
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
Darby Translation
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
Julia Smith Translation
For he oppressed, forsaking the poor; he stripped the house and he will not build it up.
King James 2000
Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;
Lexham Expanded Bible
for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.
Modern King James verseion
For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.
NET Bible
For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
New Heart English Bible
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
The Emphasized Bible
For he hath oppressed - hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.
Webster
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
World English Bible
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Youngs Literal Translation
For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:19
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Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
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he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.
he seized a house he did not build.
he does not let anything he desires escape.
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Cross References
Job 35:9
they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Proverbs 14:31
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?
1 Kings 21:19
Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered
Job 18:15
Burning sulfur
Job 21:27-28
the schemes you would wrong me with.
Job 22:6
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
Job 24:2-12
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Job 31:13-22
when they made a complaint against me,
Job 31:38-39
and its furrows join in weeping,
Psalm 10:18
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.
Psalm 12:5
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”
Proverbs 22:22-23
and don’t crush the oppressed
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor
Isaiah 5:7-8
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Lamentations 3:34
ל Lamed
beneath one’s feet,
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.
Amos 4:1-3
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”
Micah 2:2
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
Micah 2:9
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.
James 2:6
Yet you dishonored that poor man.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy.
James 5:4
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers