job 24:2

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Job 24:2

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Job 24:2
Verse 2 of 25

Scripture focus

[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].

Job 24:2KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 24:2

Theological / Devotional

Landmarks. Job begins a recital of what appears to him to be evidence that God neither rewards the righteous nor punishes the wicked. Regarding landmarks see Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Hosea 5:10. Where neighboring properties were not divided by fences of any kind, as in the East generally, the only way of distinguishing between one man’s land and another’s was by landmarks, which were generally low stones placed at intervals on the boundary line. An easy form of robbery was to displace these marks, locating them farther back on the neighbor’s land.

Take away flocks. They steal the flocks of others and pasture them with their own.

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