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Proverbs 23:10
10Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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
8You will vomit the little you’ve eaten and waste your pleasant words. 9Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words. Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, 11for their Redeemer is strong, and he will champion their cause against you. 12Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge.
Read all of Proverbs 23Proverbs 23:10 word by word
אַל־תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים אַל־תָּבֹֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:10
- Proverbs 22:28Don’t move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors set up.
- Deuteronomy 19:14“Do not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 27:17‘The one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker is cursed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 24:2The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
- Job 6:27No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.
- Job 22:9You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
- Job 31:21if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the resident alien and murder the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 7:5Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
- Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien. They do not fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the 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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