Job 24:2 — Meaning and Application

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“{Some} remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed {thereof}. {feed...: or, feed them}”

Job 24:2

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Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

{Some} remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed {thereof}. {feed...: or, feed them}

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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Job 24:1

"Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?"

Job 24:3

"They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge."

Job 24:4

"They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together."

Job 24:5

"Behold, {as} wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness {yieldeth} food for them {and} for {their} children."

Job 24:6

"They reap {every one} his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. {corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge} {they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage}"

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