Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
International Standard Version
""Cursed is one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent man. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed he taking a gift to strike the soul of innocent blood: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who takes reward to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
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
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
24 'Cursed be the one who strikes down his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 25 'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 26 'Cursed be [the one] {who does not keep} the words of this law, to observe them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'"
Names
Cross References
Exodus 23:7-8
You will stay far from a {false charge}, and do not kill [the] innocent and [the] righteous, because I will not declare [the] wicked righteous.
Deuteronomy 10:17
For Yahweh your God, he [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords, the great and mighty God, the awesome [one] who {is not partial}, and he does not take bribes.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.
Psalm 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.
Proverbs 1:11-29
If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.
Ezekiel 22:12-13
They take a bribe among you in order to shed blood; and you take usury, and you make gain [from] your neighbors by extortion, and [so] you have forgotten me, {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Micah 3:10-11
he who builds Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wickedness.
Micah 7:2-3
The faithful [person] has perished from the land, and there is none who is upright among humankind. All of them lie in wait; each hunts his brother [with] a net.
Matthew 26:15
[and] said, "What are you willing to give me if I in turn deliver him to you?" So they set out for him thirty silver coins.
Matthew 27:3-4
Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,
Acts 1:18
(Now this man acquired a field for the wages of [his] wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines spilled out.