New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 23:10
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 up the morsel you have eaten And waste your compliments. 9Do not speak to be heard by a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless, 11For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you. 12Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears 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
Cross-references for Proverbs 23:10
- Proverbs 22:28Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
- Deuteronomy 19:14“You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 27:17‘Cursed is one who displaces his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- Job 24:2People remove landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
- Job 6:27You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend.
- Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of orphans has been crushed.
- Job 24:3They drive away the donkeys of orphans; They seize the widow’s ox as a pledge.
- Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
- Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.
- Jeremiah 7:5For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor,
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the Lord says: “Do justice and righteousness, and save one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. And do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Zechariah 7:10and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by 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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