Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
And cursed be the one who restrains his
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 Lord’s business deceitfully
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.
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!
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 48:10
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Context Readings
A Message Concerning Moab
9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.' 10 Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood. 11 'Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
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Cross References
1 Kings 20:42
He said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'"
Judges 5:23
Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, 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 cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn't utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
Numbers 31:14-18
Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
1 Samuel 15:13-35
And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, "You are blessed by the LORD. I have performed the commandment of the LORD."
2 Kings 13:19
The man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times. Then you would have struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria just three times."
Jeremiah 47:6
You sword of the LORD, "how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up 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 the Lord, the LORD of hosts, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.