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Job 24:2–4

Some remove the elandmarks;

They violently take away flocks, and ||feed thereof.

They fdrive away the ass of the fatherless,

They gtake the widow’s ox for a pledge.

They hturn the needy out of the way:

iThe poor of the earth lhide themselves together.

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Job 24:2–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

There are those who move boundary stones;

they pasture flocks they have stolen.

They drive away the orphan’s donkey

and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

They thrust the needy from the path

and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Job 24:2–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Some move landmarks;

they seize flocks and pasture them.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;

they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

They thrust the poor off the road;

the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Job 24:2–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.

They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.

They take the orphan’s donkey

and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.

The poor are pushed off the path;

the needy must hide together for safety.

Job 24:2–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Some remove landmarks;

They seize flocks violently and feed on them;

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;

They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

They push the needy off the road;

All the poor of the land are forced to hide.

Job 24:2–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Wicked people take other people’s land;

they steal flocks and take them to new pastures.

They chase away the orphan’s donkey

and take the widow’s ox when she has no money.

They push needy people off the path;

all the poor of the land hide from them.

Job 24:2–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

There are that remove the landmarks;

They violently take away flocks, and 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 all hide themselves.

Job 24:2–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture 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 afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

Job 24:2–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“⸤People⸥ move boundary markers. 

They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds. 

They drive away the orphan’s donkey. 

They take the widow’s ox as security for a loan. 

They force needy people off the road. 

All the poor people of the country go into hiding. 

Job 24:2–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The wicked displace boundary markers.

They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless

and take the widow’s ox as collateral.

They push the needy off the road;

the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

Job 24:2–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The wicked remove landmarks;

they seize flocks and pasture them.

They drive away the donkey of the orphan;

they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

They thrust the needy off the road;

the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Job 24:2–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They remove border stones;

they seize flocks, and they pasture them.

They drive away the donkey of orphans;

they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

They thrust the poor off the road;

the needy of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 24:2–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

People move their neighbor’s boundary stones.

They steal their neighbor’s flocks.

They take away the donkeys

that belong to children whose fathers have died.

They take a widow’s ox until she has paid what she owes.

They push those who are needy out of their way.

They force all of the poor people in the land to go into hiding.

Job 24:2–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Some remove the landmarks;

They seize and devour flocks.

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“They push the needy aside from the road;

The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.


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