Proverbs 23:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 appropriate their property, as thinking they have none to defend them); for their Redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee - (Proverbs 22:23,) So (Jeremiah 39:10) the poor once oppressed by the rich, at the capture of Jerusalem became possessors of the land of their oppressors. Compare Israel's Redeemer, Jeremiah 50:34; Micah 7:9. The Lord is the nearest of kin to the godly and friendless poor (Matthew 12:50), and is therefore their rightful Go'el, or Redeemer, to recover their lost inheritance (Leviticus 25:25).

Proverbs 23:10-11

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

11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.