Add parallel Print Page Options

19 for he has oppressed; he has abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house but[a] did not build it.
20 Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach,
he lets nothing escape that he desires.[b]
21 There is nothing left after he has eaten;[c]
therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 20:19 Or “and”
  2. Job 20:20 Literally “in his desire he does not let be saved”
  3. Job 20:21 Literally “There is not a remnant at his eating”

19 For he has oppressed the poor(A) and left them destitute;(B)
    he has seized houses(C) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(D)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(E)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(F)

Read full chapter

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Read full chapter