Proverbs 23:10

old landmark. ancient boundary. Compare Proverbs 22:28.

fields. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "field" (singular)

fatherless. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for all bereaved ones.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverb...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Remove not the old landmark - See Proverbs 22:28 (note). Enter not i...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Enter not into the fields of the fatherless (in order to approp...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Remove not the old landmark. — See above, on Proverbs 22:28 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 fathe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Remove not the old landmark ,.... Proverbs 22:28 ; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless ; to carry off the increase of them, to reap t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Ver. 10. Remove not the ancient landmark. ] See Trapp on " Pro 2...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Enter not into the fields of the fatherless Either to take away their goods, or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their ca...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either to take away their goods; or rather, to possess their lands, as this phrase is used, 2 Samuel 5:6 .
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:11 . Their Redeemer . Their Goel , or Avenger. In the Hebrew law this word is applied to the nearest kinsman. (See...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Their Redeemer is mighty. Social injustice I. Social injustice indicated. “Remove not the old landmarks.” What are the landmarks? The rights of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 10. Remove not the old landmark, the boundary which was placed when the land was first divided to the several families, and enter not into the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ; James 1:27 ; Jeremiah 22:3 ; Jeremiah 7:5 ; Job 22:9 ; Job 24:2 ; Job 24:3 ; Job 24:9 ; Job 31:21-2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Enter not — To possess their lands.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark;b and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:10

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:10