Job 20:19 Cross References - Leeser

¹⁹ Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it;

³³ The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.

³ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor hast thou oppressed us, and thou hast not taken from any man’s hand the least.

¹⁹ And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Hast thou murdered, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, yes, thine also.

¹⁵ It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

²⁷ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me. ²⁸ For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?

⁶ For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

² The wicked remove landmarks: they rob flocks, and feed them. ³ They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take in pledge the widow’s ox. ⁴ They chase the needy out of the highway: altogether hide themselves the poor of the earth. ⁵ Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness go they forth to their work, rising betimes after their prey: the desert yieldeth food for them and for their young men. ⁶ In the field they reap their food; and in the vineyard of the wicked they gather the fruit. ⁷ They cause the poor to spend the night naked, without clothing and without any covering in the cold. ⁸ Through the sweeping rain of the mountains are they made wet, and for want of a shelter do they embrace the rock. ⁹ The others pluck from the breast the fatherless, and the garment of the poor they take in pledge. ¹⁰ They cause him to go naked without clothing, and from the hungry they take away the sheaf: ¹¹ Within their walls do they make oil, they tread their wine-presses, and suffer thirst. ¹² Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.

¹³ If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me: ¹⁴ What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him? ¹⁵ Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall in vain hopes; ¹⁷ Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof; ¹⁸ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her as though she was sprung from my mother’s womb;) ¹⁹ If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering: ²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me: ²² Then may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;

³⁸ If my land ever cried out because of me, or if its furrows wept together; ³⁹ If I ever consumed its strength without payment, or caused the soul of its owners to grieve:

⁹ By reason of the multitude of oppressions the wicked cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.

¹⁸ To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that not farther more shall be arrogant the mortal from the earth.

^{5 (12:6)} Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor blasphemeth his Maker; but he that is gracious to the needy honoreth him.

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither crush the afflicted in the gate; ²³ For the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil the life of those that despoil them.

¹ And I turned about, and beheld all the oppressed that are made so under the sun: and, behold, there are the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter; and from the hand of their oppressors they suffer violence; and they have no comforter.

^{8 (5:7)} If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he hoped for justice, but behold injustice; for equity, but behold iniquity. ⁸ Woe unto those that cause house to join on house, bring field near to field, till there is no more room, so that ye may be left alone as the inhabitants in the midst of the land!

³⁴ To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

²⁹ The people of the land are guilty of extortion, and practise robbery, and the poor and the needy they defraud: and they extort from the stranger with injustice.

¹ Hear this word, O ye cows of Bashan, that are on the mount of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink. ² Sworn hath the Lord Eternal by his holiness, that, lo, days are coming over you, when men will carry you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. ³ And through breaches in the wall shall ye go out, every one through that before her: and ye shall cast off your proud greatness, saith the Lord.

² And they covet fields, and rob them; and houses, and take them away: so they defraud the master and his house, and the man and his heritage.

⁹ The wives of my people do you drive out of their delightful houses; from their children do ye take away my ornament for ever.