Job 20:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 20:19

17 He will not see ^athe streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.

18 He will restore that for which he labored,
And will not swallow it down;
From the proceeds of business
He will get no enjoyment.

19 For he has¹ oppressed and forsaken the poor,
He has violently seized a house which he did not build.

20 “Because^a he knows no quietness in his heart,
He will not save anything he desires.

21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.

22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of¹ misery will come against him.

23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

24 ^aHe will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.

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.

New English Translation
For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them;¹ he has seized a house which he did not build.²