Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
International Standard Version
""Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor secretly.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed he striking his neighbor in hiding: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that attacks his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Assassination » Laws prohibiting
Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
Profit » Those that profit from violence
The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
Interlinear
Nakah
Rea`
Cether
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it. 24 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it. 25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:17
And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
Numbers 35:31
Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.
Exodus 20:13
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Exodus 21:12-14
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:11-12
But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 11:15-17
And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.
2 Samuel 12:9-12
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 13:28
Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
2 Samuel 20:9-10
And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss.