Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
KJV
Quoniam confringens nudavit pauperes : domum rapuit, et non ædificavit eam.
Vulgate
πολλῶν γὰρ δυνατῶν οἴκους ἔθλασεν· δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασεν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν.
LXX
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
ASV
כִּֽי רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְ/לֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
רָצ֤וּץ
rtsvts
verb · 19×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
- Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
- Ezek 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Jas 2:13 — For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
- Job 27:13 — This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
- Job 35:9 — By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
- Prov 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Prov 15:6 — In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
- Prov 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
- Prov 22:22 — Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- Ps 62:10 — Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.