Proverbs 22:28
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
- KJV
- Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
- WEB
- Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
- ASV
- Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- DARBY
- Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
- BLB
- Do not remove a boundary of old, which your fathers have made.
- ÅB
- Flytt ikke det gamle grenseskjell som dine fedre har satt!
- OTB
- Flytt ikke en gammel grensestein satt av dine forfedre.
- B1930
- Flytt ikke det gamle grenseskjell som dine fedre har satt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 19:14
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:17
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextProverbs 23:10
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Read in contextJob 24:2
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
Read in context