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Job 24:2–4

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2There are those who move boundary stones;b

they pasture flocks they have stolen.c

3They drive away the orphan’s donkey

and take the widow’s ox in pledge.d

4They thrust the needye from the path

and force all the poorf of the land into hiding.g

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Cross references

  1. bSee Dt 19:14
  2. cEx 20:15; Dt 28:31
  3. dSee Job 6:27; See 22:9
  4. eJob 29:16; 31:19
  5. fJob 29:12; 30:25; Ps 12:5; 41:1; 82:3, 4; Isa 11:4
  6. gSee Job 20:19; See Pr 28:12

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.

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.