Proverbs 23:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Proverbs 23:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 23:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 23:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,”

Proverbs 23:10 — World English Bible

Proverbs 23:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Proverbs 23:10 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Proverbs 23:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 23:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Proverbs 23:10 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 23:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.”

Proverbs 23:10 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 23:10 in Context — Proverbs 23

8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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What Does Proverbs 23:10 Mean?

Proverbs 23:10 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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