Job 20:19

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.

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. sabaoth: Heb. hosts

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures oppression: Heb. a scab Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! they: Heb. ye

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. feed...: or, feed them They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; complain: Heb. weep If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: fruits: Heb. strength the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out

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. rejoiceth: or, glorieth

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. bribe: Heb. ransom to blind...: or, that I should hide mine eyes at him And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. oppress: or, terrify