Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 17

Deuteronomy 27:17

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:17, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:17 in other translations

BSB‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASVCursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT‘Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DARBYCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark! And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBECursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.
WebsterCursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark: and all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Removeth his neighbor's landmark - See before on Deu 19:14 (note), and on Exo 20:17 (note). And for all the rest of these curses, see the notes on Exodus 20 (note), and the observations at the end of it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26

The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…

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Deuteronomy 27:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[is] cursedH779
מַסִּ֖יגma.Sig[one who] displacesH5253
גְּב֣וּלge.Vul[the] boundary ofH1366
רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand it will sayH559
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אָמֵֽן\׃\ \ס'a.MenamenH543

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:17

  • Deuteronomy 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.

  • Proverbs 22:28

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

  • Proverbs 23:10-11

    Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
19:14; Pr 22:28; 23:10,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 27:16

    Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:17

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

  • Deuteronomy 27:18

    Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Deuteronomy 27:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Maldito el que redujere el término de su prójimo. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Maudit qui recule les bornes de son prochain! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verflucht sei, wer die Grenze seines Nächsten verrückt! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Maledictus qui transfert terminos proximi sui: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.