King James Version

Proverbs 23:10

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

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּ֭סֵּגtasegdeparting awayנָסַגverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “departing away”, a wish or indirect commandH5253to retreatdeparting away, remove, take (hold), turn away.גְּב֣וּלgevulborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.עוֹלָ֑םolamalwayעוֹלָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alway”, the ordinary formH5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) alwaysalway(-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 ([phrase] without end). Compare H5331 (נֶצַח), H5…וּבִשְׂדֵ֥יuvisdeand in fieldשָׂדֶהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and in field”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.יְ֝תוֹמִ֗יםyetomimfatherlessיָתוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fatherless”, the ordinary formH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תָּבֹֽאtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, a wish or indirect commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ μεταθῇς ὅρια αἰώνια, εἰς δὲ κτῆμα ὀρφανῶν μὴ εἰσέλθῃς·