Job 24:2

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

¹ “Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
² “Some remove the landmarks;
They seize and devour flocks.
³ “They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

Job

Deuteronomy 19:14

“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God gives you to possess.

Deuteronomy 27:17

‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Proverbs 23:10

Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,

Job 1:15

and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 1:17

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 5:5

“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

Proverbs 22:28

Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.

Hosea 5:10

The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary;
On them I will pour out My wrath like water.