Job 20:19 · KJV
“Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}”
— Job 20:19
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. {feel: Heb. know}
Job 20 — Context
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
19Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. {feel: Heb. know}
21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. {none...: or, be none left for his meat}
Cross References
Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make {the oppressed} to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Proverbs 14:31
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. {oppression: or, deceit} {wrongfully: Heb. without right}
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. {sabaoth: Heb. hosts}
Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. {rejoiceth: or, glorieth}
James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Deuteronomy 28:33
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: