Deuteronomy 27:17
15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- KJV
- Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- WEB
- ‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- ASV
- Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor`s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- DARBY
- Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark! And all the people shall say, Amen.
- BLB
- ‘Cursed is he who moves a border of his neighbor.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- ÅB
- Forbannet være den som flytter merkesteinene mellom seg og sin neste! Og alt folket skal si: Amen.
- OTB
- ‘Forbannet er den som flytter sin nabos grensestein.’ Da skal hele folket si: ‘Amen.’
- B1930
- Forbannet være den som flytter merkestenene mellem sig og sin næste! Og alt folket skal si: Amen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Read in contextProverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10–11
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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