19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.


In Context

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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

20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Job 20:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:19For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not;