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

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Some remove^H5381 the landmarks^H1367; they violently take away^H1497 flocks^H5739, and feed^H7462 thereof.

Original Hebrew

גְּבֻלֹות יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גְּבֻל֥וֹת	ge.vu.Lot	H1367	HNcfpa	boundaries
יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ	ya.Si.gu	H5381	HVhi3mp	people reach
עֵ֥דֶר	'E.der	H5739	HNcmsa	flock(s)
גָּ֝זְל֗וּ	ga.ze.Lu	H1497	HVqp3cp	they seize
וַ/יִּרְעֽוּ	va/i.yir.'U	H7462	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they have pastured (them)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1367 — גְּבוּלָה (gᵉbûwlâh, gheb-oo-law'): or גְּבֻלָה; (shortened) feminine of גְּבוּל; a boundary, region; border, bound, coast, landmark. place.
H1497 — גָּזַל (gâzal, gaw-zal'): a primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob; catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
H5381 — נָשַׂג (nâsag, naw-sag'): a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively); ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
H5739 — עֵדֶר (ʻêder, ay'-der): from עֲדַר; an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals); drove, flock, herd.
H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

landmarks — Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Proverbs 22:28, Proverbs 23:10, Hosea 5:10
violently — Job 1:15, Job 1:17, Job 5:5

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