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Job 24:2–4

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2“1Some aremove the landmarks;

They seize and 2devour flocks.

3“They drive away the donkeys of the aorphans;

They take the bwidow’s ox for a pledge.

4“They push athe needy aside from the road;

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit They
  2. 2Or pasture

Cross references

  1. aDeut 19:14; 27:17; Prov 23:10
  2. aJob 6:27
  3. bDeut 24:17; Job 22:9
  4. aJob 24:14; 29:16; 30:25; 31:19
  5. bJob 29:12; Ps 41:1; Prov 14:31; 28:28; Amos 8:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Some remove the landmarks;

They violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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.