Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;
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,
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,
Themes
Fatherless » Admonitions in regard to
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
Orphans » Admonitions in regard to
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
9 Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words. 10 Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans; 11 for strong is their Redeemer who will take up their case against you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 22:28
Don't remove an ancient boundary stone that was set up by your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 19:14
"When you inherit the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't move your neighbor's boundary marker from where it was placed long ago."
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don't mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.
Zechariah 7:10
You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
Deuteronomy 27:17
""Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary stone.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
Job 6:27
Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy your friend!
Job 22:9
You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
Job 24:2-3
They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.
Job 24:9
"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.
Job 31:21-23
if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,
Psalm 94:6
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
Jeremiah 7:5
but rather, truly change your ways and your deeds. If you truly practice justice between each person and his neighbor,
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
James 1:27
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.