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They foreclosed on their homes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because he hath oppressed <i>and</i> hath forsaken the poor; <i>because</i> he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For he has oppressed <i>and</i> forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For he has oppressed <i>and</i> neglected the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For he has oppressed <i>and</i> forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For he has crushed <i>and</i> forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor; He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />because they cheated the poor and took their homes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />because he crushed and abandoned the poor. He has taken by force a house that he didn't build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he didn't build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For he oppressed—he forsook the poor, "" He has taken a house away violently, "" And he does not build it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For he oppressed, forsaking the poor; he stripped the house and he will not build it up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because he has oppressed and neglected the poor, and stolen a house he did not build; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have crushed and abandoned the poor, they have seized a house that they did not build.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because he has thought to forsake the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For he thought to forsake the poor, and a house of violence will not be built up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built <i>it</i> not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/20-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3102" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7533.htm" title="7533: riṣ·ṣaṣ (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To crush. A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively.">he has oppressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zaḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">and forsaken</a> <a href="/hebrew/1800.htm" title="1800: dal·lîm (Adj-mpc) -- Dangling, weak, thin. From dalal; properly, dangling, i.e. weak or thin.">the poor;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1497.htm" title="1497: gā·zal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To tear away, seize, rob. A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.">he has seized</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ba·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">houses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: yi·ḇe·nê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">build.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Proverbs 22:16</a></span><br />Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a></span><br />Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14-15</a></span><br />The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. / Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a></span><br />The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6-9</a></span><br />Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ / Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey. / Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13-17</a></span><br />“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, / who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. / Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-25</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-31.htm">Proverbs 14:31</a></span><br />Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-2.htm">Psalm 10:2-9</a></span><br />In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. / For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. / In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not;</p><p class="hdg">Because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-27.htm">Job 21:27,28</a></b></br> Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices <i>which</i> ye wrongfully imagine against me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-6.htm">Job 22:6</a></b></br> For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/24-2.htm">Job 24:2-12</a></b></br> <i>Some</i> remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed <i>thereof</i>… </p><p class="hdg">oppressed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></b></br> The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-34.htm">Lamentations 3:34</a></b></br> To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,</p><p class="hdg">he hath violently</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-15.htm">Job 18:15</a></b></br> It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because <i>it is</i> none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/24-2.htm">Job 24:2</a></b></br> <i>Some</i> remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed <i>thereof</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a></b></br> And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/18-4.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Build</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-29.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Built</a> <a href="/job/19-28.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Destitute</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Force</a> <a href="/job/18-4.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">Forsook</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/job/5-4.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/job/20-10.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/18-20.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/job/19-28.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/15-13.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/job/16-11.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Build</a> <a href="/psalms/102-16.htm">Builded</a> <a href="/job/22-23.htm">Built</a> <a href="/job/27-13.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/job/22-9.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Destitute</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Force</a> <a href="/psalms/9-10.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Forsook</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">House</a> <a href="/job/21-9.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/job/35-9.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/job/22-29.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Seized</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/job/22-16.htm">Violently</a><div class="vheading2">Job 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm">Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;</b><br>This phrase highlights the moral and ethical failures of the wicked, as described by Zophar in his speech to Job. The oppression of the poor is a recurring theme in the Bible, condemned in various passages such as <a href="/proverbs/14-31.htm">Proverbs 14:31</a> and <a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Isaiah 3:14-15</a>. In ancient Near Eastern societies, the poor were often vulnerable to exploitation due to their lack of resources and social standing. The Law of Moses explicitly commanded care for the poor and marginalized (<a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Deuteronomy 15:7-11</a>), emphasizing God's concern for justice and righteousness. The forsaking of the poor indicates a deliberate neglect and abandonment, contrary to the biblical call to love one's neighbor (<a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a>).<p><b>he has seized houses he did not build.</b><br>This phrase suggests an act of injustice and theft, where the wicked take possession of property without rightful ownership. In the historical context, land and houses were significant assets, often passed down through generations. The seizure of houses not built by oneself implies a violation of property rights, which were protected under Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15, 17</a>). This act can be seen as a form of covetousness and greed, condemned throughout Scripture. The imagery of seizing houses also echoes the warnings given to Israel about the consequences of disobedience, where they would build houses but not live in them (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-30.htm">Deuteronomy 28:30</a>). This phrase can be seen as a type of the ultimate justice of God, who will restore and vindicate the oppressed, as seen in the eschatological hope of the New Testament (<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Zophar is speaking, offering his perspective on the fate of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the book, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and loss.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_poor.htm">The Poor</a></b><br>Represents those who are vulnerable and oppressed, often mentioned in the Bible as deserving of justice and care.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, those who exploit others for personal gain, particularly through unjust means.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/houses.htm">Houses</a></b><br>Symbolic of stability and security, which the wicked unjustly seize from others.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_oppression.htm">The Consequences of Oppression</a></b><br>Oppressing the poor and seizing what is not rightfully yours leads to divine judgment. God sees and will act against injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity.htm">The Importance of Integrity</a></b><br>Maintaining integrity and fairness in dealings with others is crucial. God values justice and righteousness over wealth gained through exploitation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_advocacy_for_the_vulnerable.htm">God's Advocacy for the Vulnerable</a></b><br>God is a defender of the poor and oppressed. Believers are called to reflect God's heart by advocating for justice and supporting those in need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_ill-gotten_gains.htm">The Temporary Nature of Ill-Gotten Gains</a></b><br>Wealth and security obtained through unjust means are fleeting. True security comes from living a life pleasing to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination_and_repentance.htm">Self-Examination and Repentance</a></b><br>Regularly examine your actions and motives. If you find areas where you have acted unjustly, seek God's forgiveness and make amends.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_greedy_exploiters_thrive_unpunished.htm">If Job 20:19–20 suggests a direct correlation between greed and swift downfall, why do some wealthy exploiters seem to thrive indefinitely without facing apparent divine retribution? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_20_6-7_align_with_history.htm">In Job 20:6-7, how can Zophar's claim that the wicked perish quickly align with historical records showing many oppressive rulers prospered for extended periods?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_injustice.htm">If Psalm 11:7 affirms God's love of righteousness, why does the broader biblical narrative allow for continued injustice and suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_unchecked_injustice.htm">In Job 24:1, why does God allow human injustice to continue unchecked, contradicting His supposed omnipotence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Because he hath oppressed and forsaken . . .</span>--For these insinuations there was not a vestige of ground, but Job formally rebuts them in Job 31<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor</span>. These charges are now for the first time insinuated against Job; later on, they are openly brought by Eliphaz (<a href="/job/22-5.htm">Job 22:5-9</a>). Job denies them categorically in <a href="/job/29-11.htm">Job 29:11-17</a>. They seem to have been pure calumnies, without an atom of foundation. Because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not. Another calumny, doubtless. Something like it was insinuated by Eliphaz in <a href="/job/15-28.htm">Job 15:28</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/20-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he has oppressed</span><br /><span class="heb">רִ֭צַּץ</span> <span class="translit">(riṣ·ṣaṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7533.htm">Strong's 7533: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crack in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] forsaken</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזַ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the poor;</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּלִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(dal·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1800.htm">Strong's 1800: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dangling, weak, thin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he has seized</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּ֝זַ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·zal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1497.htm">Strong's 1497: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">houses</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּ֥יִת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">build.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yi·ḇe·nê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/20-19.htm">Job 20:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/20-19.htm">OT Poetry: Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/20-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 20:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 20:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/20-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>