People (A)remove landmarks;
They seize and [a]devour flocks.
They drive away the donkeys of (B)orphans;
They seize the (C)widow’s ox as a pledge.
They push (D)the needy aside from the road;
The (E)poor of the land have to hide themselves together.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:2 Or pasture

There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(C)
They thrust the needy(D) from the path
    and force all the poor(E) of the land into hiding.(F)

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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.

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

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“Because of the (A)multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm (B)of the mighty.

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“People cry out(A) under a load of oppression;(B)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(C)

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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