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Other men have turned over the terms, (or the boundary stones,) of (their) neighbours, they have taken away their flocks, and fed themselves.

They have driven away the ass of fatherless children, and they took away the cow of a widow for a wed. (They have driven away the donkey of some fatherless children, and they took away the cow of a widow for a pledge.)

They destroyed the way of poor men, and they oppressed together the mild men of [the] earth. (They pushed the poor out of their way, and they oppressed the needy of the earth, who huddle together.)

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There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(C)
They thrust the needy(D) from the path
    and force all the poor(E) of the land into hiding.(F)

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