Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,

King James Version

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Holman Bible

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

International Standard Version

Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;

American Standard Version

Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Amplified


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],

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;

Darby Translation

Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not remove the old bound; and into the field of the orphans thou shalt not come:

King James 2000

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not remove an ancient boundary marker, and on the fields of orphans do not encroach;

Modern King James verseion

Do not remove the old landmarks, and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Do not move the ancient boundary stone. Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

The Emphasized Bible

Do not move back the ancient boundary, and, into the fields of the fatherless, do not enter;

Webster

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

World English Bible

Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

Youngs Literal Translation

Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נסג 
Nacag 
Usage: 9

not the old
עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

and enter

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

not into the fields
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

References

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Living With Your Neighbor

9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their case against you.



Cross References

Proverbs 22:28

Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.

Deuteronomy 19:14

You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God gives you to possess.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Zechariah 7:10

and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

Deuteronomy 27:17

Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Job 6:27

“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.

Job 22:9

“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

Job 24:2-3

Some remove the landmarks;
They seize and devour flocks.

Job 24:9

Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.

Job 31:21-23

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

Psalm 94:6

They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.

Jeremiah 7:5

For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

James 1:27

Pure 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.

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