You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Proverbs 23:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t move an ancient boundary marker, and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Remove not the old landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Remove not the ancient landmark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless, [Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28.] American Standard Version (1901) Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Common English Bible Don’t remove an ancient boundary marker; don’t invade the fields of orphans, Catholic Public Domain Version Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: |
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.
The Lord tears apart the house of the proud, but he protects the widow’s territory.
This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalise the resident foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly towards one another, ,
if you no longer oppress the resident foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident foreigner or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.”
‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner. They do not fear me,’ says the Lord of Armies.
‘Do not move your neighbour’s boundary marker, established at the start in the inheritance you will receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.
“The one who moves his neighbour’s boundary marker is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.