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 to a fool for he will despise your wise words. 10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
11 Their redeemer is mighty. He will plead their cause with you.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:28

Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.

Deuteronomy 19:14

Do not move your neighbor's boundary mark. The ancestors have set this in your inheritance. You will inherit this in the land Jehovah your God gives you to possess.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.

Deuteronomy 27:17

Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark. All the people will say: Amen.

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty-handed. You crush the arms of the orphans.

Job 24:2-3

The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.

Job 24:9

There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor.

Job 31:21-23

if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Psalm 94:6

They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder 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

I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

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