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Proverbs 23:10
10Do 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],
Proverbs 23:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- New International Version (NIV)Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
Context of Proverbs 23:10
8The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, And you will waste your compliments. 9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the [godly] wisdom of your words. 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], 11For their Redeemer is strong and mighty; He will plead their case against you. 12Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
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אַל־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים אַל־תָּבֹֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:10
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property] Which your fathers have set.
- Deuteronomy 19:14“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Job 24:2Some remove the landmarks; They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
- Job 6:27You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless And bargain away your friend.
- Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty-handed, And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- Job 31:21If I have lifted my hand against the orphan, Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the alien And murder the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 7:5For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
- Jeremiah 22:3Thus says the Lord, “Execute justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
- Zechariah 7:10and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
- James 1:27Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.
Commentaries on Proverbs 23:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Remove not the old landmark - See Proverbs 22:28; (note). 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-11Verses 10-11 The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Saying 10: Wise people avoid unfair business practices and illegitimate gains (see Proverbs 22:28), knowing that the Lord will judge wrongdoing. Redeemer: The New Living Translation is likely correct in capitalizing the word Redeemer and identifying it with God, although it might refer to a human redeemer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. (Compare Pr 22:22, 23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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