10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 23:10-11
Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness
The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.
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Verse 10
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbmoveתַּ֭סֵּגH5253Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singularan ancientעוֹלָ֑םH5769Noun - masculine singularboundary stoneגְּב֣וּלH1366Noun - masculine singular construct[or]אַל־H408Adverbencroachתָּבֹֽא׃H935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularon the fieldsוּבִשְׂדֵ֥יH7704Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof the fatherlessיְ֝תוֹמִ֗יםH3490Noun - masculine plural
Verse 11
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forכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctiontheir Redeemerגֹאֲלָ֥םH1350Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralis strongחָזָ֑קH2389Adjective - masculine singularHeהֽוּא־H1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwill take upיָרִ֖יבH7378Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markertheir caseרִיבָ֣םH7379Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralagainst youאִתָּֽךְ׃H854Preposition | second person masculine singular