Parallel Verses

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.

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!

Julia Smith Translation

Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding 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 it may flee and get away: for its cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them. 10  Cursed is he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood. 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.


Cross References

1 Kings 20:42

And he said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

Judges 5:23

Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, Curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; 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 strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

1 Samuel 15:9

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was despised and worthless, that they destroyed utterly.

Numbers 31:14-18

And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.

1 Samuel 15:13-35

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

2 Kings 13:19

And the man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria till you had consumed it: whereas now you shall strike down Syria but three times.

Jeremiah 47:6

O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you are quiet? put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.

Jeremiah 50:25

The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

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