Job 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Oppressed - whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (2 Chronicles 16:10).

Forsaken - left helpless.

House. Thus leaving, the poor without shelter, (Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:2, "take by violence houses").

Job 20:19

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