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


In Context

16 He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

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

20 "Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

21 Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will 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 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 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;