# 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]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/donkey]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ox]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]