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Proverbs 23:10

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Landmarks;   Orphan;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fatherless;   Landmarks;   Orphans;   Social Duties;   Temperance;   Temperance-Intemperance;   Widow and Fatherless;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fatherless;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Testimony;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Landmark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fatherless;   Landmark;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Landmark;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Land-mark;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Field;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Landmark;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fatherless;   Landmark;   Palestine;   Trust, Breach of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Boundaries;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not move the ancient boundaryAnd do not come into the fields of the orphans,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse:
Darby Translation
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
New King James Version
Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
Literal Translation
Do not move the old landmark, and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless,
Easy-to-Read Version
Never move an old property line, and don't take land that belongs to orphans.
World English Bible
Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
King James Version (1611)
Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.
King James Version
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:
THE MESSAGE
10 Don't stealthily move back the boundary lines or cheat orphans out of their property, For they have a powerful Advocate who will go to bat for them.
Amplified Bible
Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property] And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs],
American Standard Version
Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Bible in Basic English
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
Update Bible Version
Don't remove the ancient landmark; And don't enter into the fields of the fatherless:
Webster's Bible Translation
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Contemporary English Version

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Don't move a boundary marker or take the land that belongs to orphans.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don't move the ancient boundary stone or encroach on the land of the fatherless;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
George Lamsa Translation
Do not remove the old landmark; nor enter into the field of the fatherless;
Hebrew Names Version
Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
New Living Translation
Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers; don't take the land of defenseless orphans.
New Life Bible
Do not take away the old land-mark, or go into the fields of those without a father.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
English Revised Version
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Berean Standard Bible
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
New Revised Standard
Do not remove an ancient landmark or encroach on the fields of orphans,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
Lexham English Bible
Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;
English Standard Version
Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
New American Standard Bible
Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
New Century Version
Don't move an old stone that marks a border, and don't take fields that belong to orphans.
Good News Translation

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Never move an old property line or take over land owned by orphans.
Christian Standard Bible®
Don't move an ancient boundary marker, and don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Touche thou not the termes of litle children; and entre thou not in to the feeld of fadirles and modirles children.
Revised Standard Version
Do not remove an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless;
Young's Literal Translation
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

Contextual Overview

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless, 11 for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Remove: Proverbs 22:28, Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Job 24:2

landmark: or, bound

fatherless: Job 6:27, Job 22:9, Job 24:3, Job 24:9, Job 31:21-23, Psalms 94:6, Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, James 1:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:23 - I will surely Deuteronomy 24:15 - lest he Psalms 103:6 - executeth Psalms 136:24 - General Psalms 140:12 - the Lord Psalms 146:7 - executeth Proverbs 22:22 - Rob Isaiah 3:13 - standeth up Jeremiah 49:11 - thy fatherless Lamentations 3:35 - turn Hosea 14:3 - for Amos 4:1 - which oppress

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived 127 years.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth,
Genesis 23:4
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
Genesis 23:18
as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
Genesis 34:24
All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.
Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
Isaiah 28:6
He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.
Matthew 9:1
After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Remove not the old landmark,.... :-;

and enter not into the fields of the fatherless; to carry off the increase of them, to reap their wheat, or mow their grass, or turn in cattle to eat it; or to encroach upon them, take in any part of them, or join the whole to their own; for if there is a woe to them that lay field to field, much more to them that enter into and take the fields of the fatherless, and join them to their own, Isaiah 5:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 23:10. Remove not the old landmark — See the preceding chapter, Proverbs 22:28.

Enter not into the fields of the fatherless — Take nothing that belongs to an orphan. The heaviest curse of God will fall upon them that do so.


 
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