Job 24:2
1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
- KJV
- Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
- WEB
- There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
- ASV
- There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
- DARBY
- They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
- BLB
- They move boundary markers; they seize a flock and pasture it.
- ÅB
- Folk flytter grenseskjell; de raner fe og fører det på beite.
- OTB
- Folk flytter grensesteiner;
De tar og fortærer flokker. - B1930
- Folk flytter grenseskjell; de raner fe og fører det på beite.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 19:14
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:17
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextProverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Read in contextProverbs 22:28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Read in contextHosea 5:10
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
Read in contextJob 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Read in contextJob 1:17
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read in contextJob 1:15
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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