Job 24:2
while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
In Context
1But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
3They have led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
Job 1:15and the spoilers came and took them for a prey, and slew the servants with the sword; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.
Job 5:5For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
Proverbs 23:10Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →