King James Version

Job 24:2

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

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גְּבֻל֥וֹתgevulotborderגְּבוּלָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “border”, the ordinary formH1367a boundary, regionborder, bound, coast, landmark. place.יַשִּׂ֑יגוּyasigvreachנָשַׂגverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “reach”, an unfinished actionH5381to 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).עֵ֥דֶרederdroveעֵדֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “drove”, the ordinary formH5739an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)drove, flock, herd.גָּ֝זְל֗וּgazelvrobגָּזַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “rob”, a completed actionH1497to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or robcatch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.וַיִּרְעֽוּvayirvand companionרָעָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and companion”, the next action in the storyH7462to 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Darby Translation

They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

Douay-Rheims

Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀσεβεῖς δὲ ὅριον ὑπερέβησαν, ποίμνιον σὺν ποιμένι ἁρπάσαντες;