King James Version (KJV)
Job 20:19
“Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;”
Verse in context — Job 20
17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
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.
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