Job 20:10 Cross References - NSB

¹⁰ »His children must make amends to the poor. He must give back his wealth.

² »If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them in slavery,

³⁶ Jehovah made the Egyptians generous to the people. They gave them what they asked for. So the sons of Israel stripped Egypt of its wealth.

¹ »A man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it. He must pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

³ »But if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of murder. A thief must make up for what he has stolen. If he is unable to do so, he should be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole.

⁶ »For doing such a cruel thing he should pay back four times for the lamb he took, for he had no compassion.«

⁴ »His children are far from help. They are crushed at the court of justice at the city gate. No one is there to rescue them.

¹⁸ »What he toiled for he must give back uneaten. He will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

¹⁶ »Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, ¹⁷ what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

¹⁰ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

³¹ But if he is caught, he must repay sevenfold. He must give everything in his house.

³ A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

⁸ Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: »Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.«