Job 24:2

Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

In Context

1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Job 1:15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields 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 →

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