Job 20:19
What does Job 20:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 20:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Because 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;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
- 1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
- Job 31:38
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
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