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


In Context

16 He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him.

17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

18 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.

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

20 And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

21 There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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;