Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

King James Version

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Holman Bible

Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

International Standard Version

Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.

A Conservative Version

Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

American Standard Version

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Amplified


Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.

Bible in Basic English

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

Darby Translation

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not slander the servant to his lord lest he shall curse thee, and thou wert guilty.

King James 2000

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.

Modern King James verseion

Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee also, and thou be hurt.

NET Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

New Heart English Bible

"Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

Webster

Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

World English Bible

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Youngs Literal Translation

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לשׁן 
Lashan 
Usage: 2

not a servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

lest he curse
קלל 
Qalal 
Usage: 82

Verse Info

Context Readings

Against Slander

9 That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
10 Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.
11 There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:15

You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

1 Samuel 22:9-10

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Samuel 24:9

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the Lord, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

1 Samuel 30:15

Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

2 Samuel 16:1-4

Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.

2 Samuel 19:26-27

So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

2 Chronicles 24:22-24

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Proverbs 11:26

He who withholds grain, the people will curse him,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 24:23-24

These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor will never want,
But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

Daniel 3:8-18

For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews.

Daniel 6:13

Then they answered and spoke before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps making his petition three times a day.”

Daniel 6:24

The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Romans 14:4

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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