Job 24:2
Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
In Context
3They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
Job 1:15And the Shabeans came violently, and tooke them: yea, they haue slayne the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 5:5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
Proverbs 23:10Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
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 →