Proverbs 22:28
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean 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
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 contextDeuteronomy 27:17
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read in contextProverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Read in contextJob 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
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