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Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking.
boundary markers
These are stones or other objects to mark the boundary between the lands owned by different people.
pastures
"grass fields" or "grazing grounds"
They drive away
"They steal"
those without fathers
"orphans" or "children whose parents have died"
they take the widow's ox as security
"they take widows' oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows"
widow
a woman whose husband has died
as security
A lender would take something from a borrower to ensure that the borrower pays him back.
out of their path
"out of their way" or "off the road"
poor people of the earth all hide themselves
The word "all" is an exaggeration to show that many poor people are afraid of these wicked people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)