Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding 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.

Darby Translation

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back 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 Ye shall give a wing to Moab, that fleeing she shall go forth: for her cities shall be for a desolation, from none dwelling in them. 10 Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding his sword from blood. 11 Moab was tranquil from his youth, and he rested upon his lees, he was not poured out from vessel to vessel, and he went not into captivity: for this his taste stood in him, and his breath was not changed.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

And he will say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Because thou sentest away a man I devoted to destruction from thy hand, and thy soul being instead of his soul, and thy people instead of his people.

Judges 5:23

Curse ye Meroz, said the messenger of Jehovah: Cursing, curse ye her inhabitants; For they came not to the help of Jehovah To the help of Jehovah against the mighty ones.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and strike Amalek, and exterminate all which is to him, and thou shalt not spare to him; and kill from man even to woman, from child even to suckling, from ox and even to sheep, from camel and even to ass.

1 Samuel 15:9

And Saul and the people will have pity upon Agag, and upon the good of the sheep, and the oxen and the double, and upon the lambs and upon all the good, and they were not willing to exterminate them: and every work despised and wasting away, they exterminated it

Numbers 31:14-18

And Moses will be angry against the officers of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds coming from the war of the battle.

1 Samuel 15:13-35

And Samuel will come to Saul: and Saul will say to him, Blessed thou of Jehovah: I set up the word of Jehovah.

2 Kings 13:19

And the man of God will be angry against him, and he will say, To strike five or six times, then thou hadst struck Aram till the finishing: and now three times thou wilt strike Aram.

Jeremiah 47:6

Alas, thou sword of Jehovah, till when wilt thou rest? be gathered to thy sheath; be quiet and be still.

Jeremiah 50:25

Jehovah opened his treasure, and he will bring forth the vessels of his anger: for this the work to the Lord Jehovah of armies in the land of the Chaldeans

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