Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. Zophar delivers his second speech arguing that the triumph of the wicked is brief and their joy momentary. He provides a detailed account of how the wicked swallow riches but must vomit them up, and how divine wrath will rain …
Other Translations
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
For he oppressed--he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
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;
Cross References
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they …
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant …
And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast …
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush …
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not …
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such …
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the …
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;