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Job 20:19

Job 20:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Because: Job 21:27-28, Job 22:6, Job 24:2-12, Job 31:13-22, Job 31:38-39, Job 35:9; 1 Samuel 12:3-4; Psalms 10:18; Psalms 12:5; Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:22-23; Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ezekiel 22:29; Amos 4:1-3; James 2:6, James 2:13, James 5:4

oppressed: Heb. crushed, Deuteronomy 28:33; Lamentations 3:34

he hath violently: Job 18:15, Job 24:2; 1 Kings 21:19; Isaiah 5:7-8; Micah 2:2, Micah 2:9

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