God’s Word Translation
Job 24:2
2“⌞People⌟ move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds.
Job 24:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
Context of Job 24:2
1“Why doesn’t the Almighty set aside times ⌞for punishment⌟? Why don’t those who are close to him see his days ⌞of judgment⌟? “⌞People⌟ move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds. 3They drive away the orphan’s donkey. They take the widow’s ox as security for a loan. 4They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:2 word by word
גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:2
- Deuteronomy 19:14Never move your neighbor’s original boundary marker on any property in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 27:17“Whoever moves his neighbor’s boundary marker will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors set in place.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary marker or enter fields that belong to orphans,
- Hosea 5:10The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour my fury on them like water.
- Job 1:15men from Sheba attacked. They took the livestock and massacred the servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you.”
- Job 5:5What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth.
Commentaries on Job 24:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Some remove the landmarks - Stones or posts were originally set up to ascertain the bounds of particular estates: and this was necessary in open countries, before hedges and fences were formed. Wicked and covetous men often removed the landmarks or termini, and set them in on their neighbors' ground, that, by contracting their boundaries, they might enlarge their own. The law of Moses denounces curses on those who remove their neighbors' landmarks. See…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Some remove the land-marks - Landmarks are pillars or stones set up to mark the boundaries of a farm. To remove them, by carrying them on to the land of another, was an act of dishonesty and robbery - since it was only by marks that the extent of a man‘s property could be known. Fences were uncommon; the art of surveying was not well understood, and deeds describing land were probably unknown also, and their whole dependence, therefore, was on the stones…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The books of the law, wisdom literature, and prophecy all condemned moving markers of boundaries (Deuteronomy 19:14; 27:17; Proverbs 22:28; 23:10; see study note on Hosea 5:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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