Job 24:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 24:2

Job Complains of Violence on the Earth

1 “Since ^atimes are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His ^bdays?

2 “Some remove ^alandmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;

3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They ^atake the widow’s ox as a pledge.

4 They push the needy off the road;
All the ^apoor of the land are forced to hide.

5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

6 They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

7 They ^aspend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.

8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And ^ahuddle around the rock for want of shelter.

9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.

10 They cause the poor to go naked, without ^aclothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

14 ^aThe murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

Verse Comparison: Job 24:2

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American Standard Version
There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Amplified® Bible
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and pasture them [appropriating land and flocks openly].

Contemporary English Version
Sinners remove boundary markers and take care of sheep they have stolen.

Darby English Version
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

Good News Bible
People move property lines to get more land; they steal sheep and put them with their own flocks.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.

New International Version
Men move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.

New King James Version
“Some remove landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.

Revised Standard Version
Men remove landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

Young's Literal Translation
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

New English Translation
Men¹ move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.²

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