Proverbs 23:10
WEB
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
BSB
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
KJV
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H408
adv — not, nothing
Derivation: a negative particle (akin to 3808);
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
KJV: nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
adv. of negation — not
אַל adv. of negation, denying however, not objectively as a fact, but subjectively as a wish, expressing therefore a deprecation or prohibition
H5253
v — retreat
Derivation: a primitive root;
to retreat
KJV: departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.
vb — move away
[סוּג, seldom שׂוּג] vb. move away, backslide
Qal backslide, prove recreant to י׳
Niph.
1. refl. turn oneself away, turn back
2. be turned or driven back, be repulsed
Hiph.
1. usu. of displacing, moving back a boundary mark
2. remove, carry away
Hoph. and justice is driven back
H1366
n-m — cord, twisted, boundary, territory
Derivation: or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from 1379;
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
KJV: border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
n.m — border
גְּבוּל 240 n.m. border, boundary, territory
1. border, boundary
2. territory (enclosed within boundary)
H5769
n-m — concealed, vanishing, out of mind, eternity, always
Derivation: or עֹלָם; from 5956;
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ( without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
n.m — long duration
עוֹלָם 439 n.m. long duration, antiquity, futurity
H7704
n-m — field
Derivation: or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out;
a field (as flat)
KJV: country, field, ground, land, soil, × wild.
n.m — field
שָׂדֶה 819 n.m. id. [u.ak.ab] (ordinary contr. form)
1. open field, country
2. definite portion of ground, field, land
3. land, opp. sea
n.m — field
שָׂדַי n.m. field, land
1. cultivated field
2. home of wild beasts
3. plain, opp. mt.
4. land, opp. sea
H3490
n-m — bereaved
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be lonely;
a bereaved person
KJV: fatherless (child), orphan.
n.[m.] — orphan
יָתוֹם n.[m.] orphan
H935
v — go, come
Derivation: a primitive root;
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV: abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.
vb — come in
בּוֹא 2569 vb. come in, come, go in, go
Qal
1. come in
2. come (approach, arrive)
3. go, i.e. walk, associate with
4. go from speaker, but with limit of motion given
Hiph.
1. cause to come in, bring in (conduct, lead, obj. persons and animals)
2. cause to come, bring, bring near, etc. (animate obj.)
Hoph.
a. be brought in (of pers. and things)
b. be brought
c. be introduced, put
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Verses 10–11
Proverbs 23:10–11
Note, 1. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection; with him they not only find mercy shown to them (Hos 14:3) but justice done for them. He is their Redeemer, their Goel, their near kinsman, that will take their part and stand up for them with jealousy, as taking himself affronted in the injuries done to them. As their Redeemer he will plead their cause against those that do them any injury, and, one way or other, will not only defend their right, and recover it for them, but avenge the wrongs done to them. And he is mighty, almighty; his omnipotence is engaged and employed for their protection, and their proudest and most powerful oppressors will not only find themselves an unequal match for this, but will find that it is at their peril to contend with it. 2. Every man therefore must be careful not to injure them in any thing, or to invade their rights, either by a clandestine removal of the old land-marks or by a forcible entry into their fields. Being fatherless, they have none to redress their wrongs, and, being in their childhood, they do not so much as apprehend the wrong that is done them. Sense of honour, and much more the fear of God, would restrain men from offering injury to children, especially fatherless children.
Cross-references: Hos 14:3