King James Version

Job 20:19

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

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…רִ֭צַּץritsatsbreakרָצַץverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH7533to crack in pieces, literally or figurativelybreak, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.עָזַ֣בazavcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “commit self”, a completed actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.דַּלִּ֑יםdalimleanדַּלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “lean”, the ordinary formH1800properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thinlean, needy, poor (man), weaker.בַּ֥יִתbayitfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…גָּ֝זַ֗לgazalrobגָּזַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “rob”, a completed actionH1497to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or robcatch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִבֶנֵֽהוּyivenehvbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “build”, an unfinished actionH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πολλῶν γὰρ δυνατῶν οἴκους ἔθλασε· δίαιταν δὲ ἥρπασε, καὶ οὐκ ἔστησεν.