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Proverbs 23:10

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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.	Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:	For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Remove^H5253 not the old^H5769 landmark^H1366; and enter^H935 not into the fields^H7704 of the fatherless^H3490:

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Original Hebrew

אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עֹולָם וּבִשְׂדֵי יְתֹומִים אַל־תָּבֹא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תַּ֭סֵּג	Ta.seg	H5253	HVhj2ms	you displace
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	H1366	HNcmsc	a boundary of
עוֹלָ֑ם	o.Lam	H5769	HNcmsa	antiquity
וּ/בִ/שְׂדֵ֥י	u./vi/s.Dei	H7704	HC/R/Ncmpc	and/ in/ (the) fields of
יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים	ye.to.Mim	H3490	HNcmpa	fatherless ones
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תָּבֹֽא	ta.Vo'	H935	HVqj2ms	you go

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to 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, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H3490 — יָתוֹם (yâthôwm, yaw-thome'): from an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person; fatherless (child), orphan.
• H5253 — נָסַג (nâçag, naw-sag'): a primitive root; to retreat; departing away, remove, take (hold), turn away.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; 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; 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 ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• fatherless — Job 6:27, Job 22:9, Job 24:3, Job 24:9, Job 31:21-23, Psalms 94:6, Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 22:3, Zechariah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, James 1:27
• Remove — Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Job 24:2, Proverbs 22:28

Reciprocal references (12): Exodus 22:23, Deuteronomy 24:15, Psalms 103:6, Psalms 136:24, Psalms 140:12, Psalms 146:7, Proverbs 22:22, Isaiah 3:13, Jeremiah 49:11, Lamentations 3:35, Hosea 14:3, Amos 4:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: LANDMARKS, TEMPERANCE-INTEMPERANCE, WIDOW AND FATHERLESS
• Torrey’s: FATHERLESS
• Nave’s: LANDMARKS, ORPHAN

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