KJV King James Version
Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Deuteronomy 27:17
Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB World English Bible
‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASV American Standard Version
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour’s border,—and all the people have said, Amen.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 27
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20 Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Deuteronomy 19:14Thou 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.Proverbs 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.Proverbs 23:10-11Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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