Job

Job 24:2–3

²Men move boundary stones;

they pasture stolen flocks.

³They drive away the donkey of the fatherless

and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Men move	יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ	yaś·śî·ḡū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5381 reach, overtake
boundary stones	גְּבֻל֥וֹת	gə·ḇu·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1367 border, boundary
they pasture	וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃	way·yir·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7462 pasture, tend, graze
stolen	גָּ֝זְל֗וּ	gā·zə·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1497 tear away, seize, rob
flocks	עֵ֥דֶר	‘ê·ḏer	Noun - masculine singular	H5739 flock, herd

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They drive away	יִנְהָ֑גוּ	yin·hā·ḡū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5090 drive, conduct
the donkey	חֲמ֣וֹר	ḥă·mō·wr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2543 heap
of the fatherless	יְתוֹמִ֣ים	yə·ṯō·w·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3490 orphan
and take the widow’s	אַלְמָנָֽה׃	’al·mā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
ox	שׁ֣וֹר	šō·wr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7794 head of cattle
in pledge	יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ	yaḥ·bə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2254 bind, pledge

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 24:2 Deuteronomy 19:14 · Proverbs 23:10 · Deuteronomy 27:17 · Proverbs 22:28 · Hosea 5:10

Job 24:3 Deuteronomy 24:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.