Job 24:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.”
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BSBPD
“Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 24:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 19:14You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 1:15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
- Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Hosea 5:10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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