Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
New American Standard Bible
They seize and
King James Version
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Holman Bible
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
International Standard Version
They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.
A Conservative Version
There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.
American Standard Version
There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
Amplified
“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
Bible in Basic English
The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
Darby Translation
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
Julia Smith Translation
They will remove the bound; they will strip off the flock, and they will feed.
King James 2000
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed on them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].
Modern King James verseion
They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For some men there be, that remove other men's landmarks; that rob them of their cattle, and keep the same for their own;
New Heart English Bible
There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
The Emphasized Bible
Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Webster
Some remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and their feed.
World English Bible
There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
Youngs Literal Translation
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Themes
Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
1 "Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days? 2 Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them. 3 They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:14
You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
Job 1:15
and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"
Job 1:17
While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"
Job 5:5
The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
Hosea 5:10
The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!