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# Connecting Statement:
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Job continues speaking.
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# boundary markers
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These are stones or other objects to mark the boundary between the lands owned by different people.
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# pastures
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"grass fields" or "grazing grounds"
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# They drive away
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"They steal"
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# those without fathers
"orphans" or "children whose parents have died"
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# they take the widow's ox as security
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"they take widows' oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows"
# widow
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a woman whose husband has died
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# 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
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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]]