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. "
— Job 20:19, American Standard Version
“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”
“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.”
“For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.”
“Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.”
“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;”
“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.