Job 20:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”
Job 20:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 20:198 words
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Church Fathers on Job 20:19
Because he hath broken down and laid bare the house of the poor, because he hath violently taken it away and not builded it, neither is he satisfied in his belly. He ‘breaks in pieces and lays bare the house of the poor,’ who is not ashamed as well to rob out of avarice him whom he crushes by power. ‘He violently taketh it away and doth not build it.’ As if it were expressed in plain words; ‘He that ought to have builded it, he over and above takes it away.’ For the Lord Who…
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