Don’t speak to[a] a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.(A)

10 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,(B)
and don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Redeemer is strong,(C)
and he will champion their cause against you.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:9 Lit in the ears of

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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(A)Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not remove the ancient [a]landmark,
Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
11 (B)For their Redeemer is mighty;
He will plead their cause against you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:10 boundary