17 “Cursed is anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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17 (A)‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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17 (A)“‘Cursed be anyone who moves his neighbor's landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)

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Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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Some remove (A)landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;

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Some move (A)landmarks;
    they seize flocks and pasture them.

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The boundary lines(A) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.(B)

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The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

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(A)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,(A)
    but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.(B)

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25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

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25 (A)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
But (B)He will establish the boundary of the widow.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of (A)the proud
    but (B)maintains (C)the widow's boundaries.

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Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    set up by your ancestors.

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28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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28 (A)Do not remove the ancient [a]landmark
Which your fathers have set.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:28 boundary

28 Do not move the ancient (A)landmark
    that your fathers have set.

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Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(A)
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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

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10 Do not remove the ancient [a]landmark,
Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;

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  1. Proverbs 23:10 boundary

10 (A)Do not move an ancient landmark
    or enter the fields of the fatherless,

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23 Your rulers are rebels,(A)
    partners with thieves;(B)
they all love bribes(C)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(D)

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23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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23 (A)Your princes are rebellious,
And (B)companions of thieves;
(C)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (D)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

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23 Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
    and the widow's cause does not come to them.

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