The Meaning of Proverbs 23:10 Explained

Proverbs 23:10

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 23:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:10 mean?

Not do remove the landmark ancient and the fields of the fatherless nor enter
אַל־ תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים אַל־ תָּבֹֽא

תַּ֭סֵּג  do  remove 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, second person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּג  
Sense: to move away, backslide, move, go, turn back.
גְּב֣וּל  the  landmark 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
עוֹלָ֑ם  ancient 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
וּבִשְׂדֵ֥י  and  the  fields 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
יְ֝תוֹמִ֗ים  of  the  fatherless 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יָתֹום  
Sense: an orphan, fatherless.
אַל־  nor 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
תָּבֹֽא  enter 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.