Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
KJV
Ne transgrediaris terminos antiquos, quos posuerunt patres tui.
Vulgate
μὴ μέταιρε ὅρια αἰώνια ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πατέρες σου.
LXX
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
ASV
אַל תַּ֭סֵּג גְּב֣וּל עוֹלָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבוֹתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
תַּ֭סֵּג
tsg
verb · 9×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
No one has seen God at any time; the Only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. The Deity, therefore, is ineffable and incomprehensible. For no one knows the Father, save the Son, nor the Son, save the Father. Matthew 11:27 And the Holy Spirit, too, so knows the things of God as the spirit of the man knows the things that are in him. 1 Corinthi…
Cross-references
- Deut 19:14 — Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- Deut 19:14 — Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
- Deut 27:17 — Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 27:17 — Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Job 24:2 — Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
- Job 24:2 — Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
- Prov 23:10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- Prov 23:10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: