Job 20:19 - The Scriptures 2009 For he has oppressed, he has forsaken the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; Because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build. American Standard Version (1901) For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. Common English Bible They crushed and abandoned the poor; stole a house they didn’t build; Catholic Public Domain Version For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build: |
“And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naḇoth, the dogs are going to lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered on his house.
For you take pledges from your brother for naught, and strip the naked of their garments.
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry out for help because of the arm of the many.
To defend the fatherless and the downtrodden; So that man who is of the earth no longer oppresses!
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I now arise, says יהוה, “I set in safety – he pants for it.”
The Words of יהוה are clean Words, Silver tried in a furnace of earth, Refined seven times.
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.
Then I looked again at all the oppression that is done under the sun: And see! The tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter; and power on the side of their oppressors, but they have no comforter.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.
“The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take grain taxes from him – you have built houses of hewn stone but you are not going to dwell in them, you have planted pleasant vineyards but not drink wine from them.
For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, afflicting the righteous and accepting bribes, and turning aside the poor at the gate.
And they coveted fields and seized them, also houses, and took them away. And they oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
“You have driven the women of My people from their pleasant houses. You have taken away My splendour from their children forever.
“A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.
But you have shown disrespect towards the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of יהוה of hosts.