Job 24:2
The wicked move boundary stones; they seize other people's flocks and move them to their own pastures.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
In Context
3They steal the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Don't move your neighbor's boundary marker. It was placed there by your ancestors to mark the land allotment you will receive in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own.
Job 1:15the Sabeans attacked and took them, killing the herdsmen. Only I escaped to bring you this news.”
Job 5:5The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.
Proverbs 23:10Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
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 →