Catholic Public Domain Version
"For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build. "
— Job 20:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”
“For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. ”
“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 will suck the head of snakes, and the tongue of the viper will kill him.
(May he never see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey and butter.)
He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer.
For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.
And yet his stomach will not be satisfied, and when he has the things he desires, he will not be able to possess them.
Nothing remained of his portion, and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.
When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.