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Job 24:2 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 24:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 24 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. feed: or, feed them”
Job 24:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 24:2
Some remove the landmarks (יַשִּׂיגוּ גְּבֻלוֹת, yassígu gevulót)—Job begins his catalogue of wicked oppression with boundary theft, a crime forbidden in Deuteronomy 19:14 and 27:17. Hebrew gebul denotes the sacred property markers that defined family inheritance. Moving landmarks violated covenant law and robbed families of their God-given patrimony. This wasn't mere property crime but assault on divine order—God Himself allocated tribal territories (Joshua 13-21).They violently take away flocks, and feed thereof uses the verb gazal (גָּזַל), meaning to seize by force or rob. The oppressors d...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 24:2
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“Amen.”
“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”
“which they of old time have set”
“which your fathers have set up.”
“The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.”
“there came also another”
“and took them away. Yes”
“and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.”