Parallel Verses
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;
New American Standard Bible
Or
King James Version
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Holman Bible
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],
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,
Themes
Fatherless » Admonitions in regard to
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
Orphans » Admonitions in regard to
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words. 10 Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father; 11 For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 22:28
Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.
Deuteronomy 19:14
Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Zechariah 7:10
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
Job 6:27
Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
Job 24:2-3
The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
Job 24:9
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
Job 31:21-23
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
Psalm 94:6
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
Jeremiah 7:5
For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.