Job 20:19
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the ...
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was ...
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher ...
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
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