Job 24:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:14 : 14 `Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
  • Deut 27:17 : 17 `Cursed `is' he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • Prov 23:10 : 10 Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
  • Prov 22:28 : 28 Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
  • Hos 5:10 : 10 Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
  • Job 1:15 : 15 and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'
  • Job 1:17 : 17 While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'
  • Job 5:5 : 5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

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    3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

    4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

    5Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

    6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

  • Job 24:9-11
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    9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

    10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

    11Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

  • Mic 2:2
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    2And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

  • Prov 23:10
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    10Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

  • Isa 10:2
    74%

    2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

  • Mic 2:4
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    4In that day doth `one' take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of wo, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

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    24Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy -- no way!

  • Job 5:5
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    5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

  • Ps 94:6
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    6Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.

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    5Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

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    4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

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    17And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

  • Ezek 38:12
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    12To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back thy hand on inhabited wastes, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making cattle and substance, Dwelling on a high part of the land.

  • Prov 4:16-17
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    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

    17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

  • Jer 25:36-37
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    71%

    36A voice `is' of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

    37And the peaceable habitations have been cut down, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

  • Deut 28:31
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    31thine ox `is' slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass `is' taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep `are' given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.

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    19And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

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    10Many shepherds did destroy My vineyard, They have trodden down My portion, They have made My desirable portion Become a wilderness -- a desolation.

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    1Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

  • Ps 83:12
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    12Who have said, `Let us occupy for ourselves The comely places of God.'

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    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Ps 79:7
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    7For `one' hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

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    20Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

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    3Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,

  • Gen 34:28
    71%

    28their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which `is' in the city, and that which `is' in the field, have they taken;

  • Ezek 34:3
    71%

    3The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

  • Isa 17:14
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    14At even-time, lo, terror, before morning it is not, This `is' the portion of our spoilers, And the lot of our plunderers!

  • Prov 1:19
    71%

    19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

  • Job 20:19
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    19For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.

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    5From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

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    5If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

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    29The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

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    27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

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    3On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

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    14and your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards -- the best -- he doth take, and hath given to his servants.

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    16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

  • Deut 27:17
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    17`Cursed `is' he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

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    21For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.

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    28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

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    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.