Job 20:19

Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. 19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

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Berean Standard Bible
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses 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.
Bible in Basic English
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
Free Bible Version
For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.
King James (Authorized) Version
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Translation for Translators
because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses by cheating them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
For he has oppressed and neglected poor people; he has violently taken away houses that he did not build.
Noah Webster Bible
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
World English Bible
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
Young's Literal Translation
For he oppressed — he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.