Job 20:19
“Because hee hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poore; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not:”
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Job 20:19 Context
17Hee shall not see the riuers, the floods, the brookes of hony and butter. 18That which he laboured for, shall he restore, & shall not swallow it downe: according to his substance shall the restitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce therein. 19Because hee hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poore; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not: 20Surely he shall not feele quietnesse in his belly, hee shall not saue of that which he desired. 21There shall none of his meat be left, therefore shall no man looke for his goods.
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Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- King James Version
"For he has oppressed {and} forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.
- New American Standard Version (1995)