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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 20:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 20:198 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רִ֭צַּץriṣaṣ
he has crushedverbH7533
bruise · crush · discourage · oppress ···
עָזַ֣בʿāzab
he has neglectedverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
דַּלִּ֑יםdaliym
poor peopleadjH1800
needy · poor · weaker
בַּ֥יִתbayit
a housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
גָּ֝זַ֗לgāzal
he has seizedverbH1497
consume · exercise · pluck · rob ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִבֶנֵֽ/הוּyibenēhw
he had built itverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 15 §22
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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