Parallel Verses
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;
Holman Bible
he seized a house he did not build.
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
18
He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.
19
He has seized a house which he has not built.
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Cross References
Job 35:9
"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
1 Kings 21:19
And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'"
Job 18:15
In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
Job 21:27-28
"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
Job 22:6
For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:2-12
Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.
Job 31:13-22
"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
Job 31:38-39
"If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,
Psalm 10:18
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Psalm 12:5
"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
Isaiah 5:7-8
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
Lamentations 3:34
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth,
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
Amos 4:1-3
"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Micah 2:9
The women of my people you drive out from their delightful houses; from their young children you take away my splendor forever.
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.