Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

New American Standard Bible

Cursed be the one who does the Lord’s work negligently,
And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

King James Version

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Holman Bible

The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed,
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.

International Standard Version

Cursed is the one who is slack in doing the LORD's work. Cursed is the one who holds back his sword from shedding blood.

A Conservative Version

Cursed be he who does the work of LORD negligently, and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood.

American Standard Version

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Amplified


“Cursed is the one who does the work of the Lord negligently,
And cursed is the one who restrains his sword from blood [in executing the judgment of the Lord].

Bible in Basic English

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

Julia Smith Translation

Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding his sword from blood.

King James 2000

Cursed is he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[The one who] does the work of Yahweh [with] slackness [is] cursed, and [the one who] keeps away blood from his sword [is] cursed.

Modern King James verseion

Cursed is he who does the work of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD negligently; and cured be he that keepeth back his sword from shedding of blood.

NET Bible

A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord's work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

New Heart English Bible

Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

The Emphasized Bible

Accursed be he that doeth the business of Yahweh carelessly; And, accursed be he that withholdeth his sword, from blood!

Webster

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

World English Bible

Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

Youngs Literal Translation

Cursed is he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed is he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ארר 
'arar 
Usage: 63

the work
מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

of the Lord

Usage: 0

רמיּה 
R@miyah 
Usage: 15

and cursed
ארר 
'arar 
Usage: 63

be he that keepeth back
מנע 
mana` 
Usage: 29

חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

References

Context Readings

A Message Concerning Moab

9 Give wings unto Moab, that she may flee and get away; and the cities thereof shall become a desolation, without inhabitant. 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood! 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and hath settled on his lees; he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed.


Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had devoted to destruction, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

Judges 5:23

"Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Samuel 15:9

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

Numbers 31:14-18

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the army, with the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war;

1 Samuel 15:13-35

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.

2 Kings 13:19

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed them; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

Jeremiah 47:6

Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

Jeremiah 50:25

Jehovah hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for this is a work for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the land of the Chaldeans.

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