Verse Comparison: Job 20:19
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® Bible
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.
Contemporary English Version
because they cheated the poor and took their homes.
Darby English Version
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
Good News Bible
because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had 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;
New American Standard Bible
"For he has oppressed {and} forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.
New International Version
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
New King James Version
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor,
He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.
Revised Standard Version
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build.
Young's Literal Translation
For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
