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 good sense 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 cause against you.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:28

Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.

Deuteronomy 19:14

"You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

Deuteronomy 27:17

"'Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

Job 24:2-3

Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.

Job 24:9

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)

Job 31:21-23

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;

Jeremiah 7:5

"For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another,

Malachi 3:5

"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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