Job 20:19 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

English ASV

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

English Amplified

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

English EASY 2024

This will happen because he has been cruel to poor people. He has refused to help them. He has taken houses for himself that do not belong to him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

because he hurt the poor and left them with nothing. He took houses he did not build.

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.

English God's Word - GW 1995

because he crushed and abandoned the poor. He has taken by force a house that he didn't build.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.

English KJV 1611

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

English LSB

For he has crushed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house that he did not build.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Because he has oppressed the poor, and stolen a patrimony he had not built up,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

They've crushed poor people and left them with nothing. They've taken over houses they didn't even build.

English NIV

For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

English NKJ 1982

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.

English NLT

For he oppressed the poor and left them destitute. He foreclosed on their homes.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For they have crushed and abandoned the poor, they have seized a house that they did not build.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For he has oppressed the poor and foreclosed their homes; he will never recover.

English Tyndale 1537

And why? he hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.

Job 20:19 — Compare Translations