Reference: Curse
Easton
denounced by God against the serpent (Ge 3:14), and against Cain (Ge 4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Ge 9:25; 49:7; De 27:15; Jos 6:26). Such curses are not the consequence of passion or revenge, they are predictions.
No one on pain of death shall curse father or mother (Ex 21:17), nor the prince of his people (Ex 22:28), nor the deaf (Le 19:14). Cursing God or blaspheming was punishable by death (Le 24:10-16). The words "curse God and die" (R.V., "renounce God and die"), used by Job's wife (Job 2:9), have been variously interpreted. Perhaps they simply mean that as nothing but death was expected, God would by this cursing at once interpose and destroy Job, and so put an end to his sufferings.
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Then Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you [will be] cursed more than any domesticated animal and more than any wild animal. On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.
And he said, "Cursed [be] Canaan, a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers."
Cursed be their anger, for [it is] fierce, and their wrath, for [it is] cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
" 'And one who curses his father or his mother will surely be put to death.
" 'You will not curse God, and you will not curse a leader among your people.
You shall not curse [the] deaf, and you shall not put a stumbling block {before} a blind person, but you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.
And an Israelite woman's son, and he [was] an Egyptian man's son, went out in the midst of the {Israelites}; and the Israelite woman's son and an Israelite man fought in the camp. Then the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the name, and he cursed, so they brought him to Moses--and the name of his mother [was] Shelomith the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. read more. Then they put him in custody {so that} [the matter] might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh. Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "Bring the curser {outside the camp}, and all the hearers shall place their hands on his head, and the whole community shall stone him. And you shall speak to the {Israelites}, saying, '{Any man} when he curses his God shall bear his sin. And he who blasphemes Yahweh's name certainly shall be put to death; the whole community certainly shall stone him. As the alien, so the native shall be put to death at blaspheming his name.
'Cursed be the man that makes a divine image or a cast image, [which is] a detestable thing for Yahweh, the work of the hand of a skilled craftsman, and [then] sets [it] in a hiding place.' And {all the people shall respond}, 'Amen.'
And Joshua swore at that time, saying, "Cursed [is] anyone before Yahweh who gets up and builds Jericho, this city. At the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."
Then his wife said to him, "Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? {Curse} God and die."
Hastings
Watsons
CURSE. To curse, signifies to imprecate, to call for mischief upon, or wish evil to, any one. Noah cursed his grandson Canaan, Ge 9:25: Jacob cursed the fury of his two sons, Ge 49:7: Moses enjoins the people of Israel to denounce curses against the violaters of the law, De 27:15-16, &c. Joshua pronounced a curse upon him who should undertake to rebuild Jericho. These curses were such as were either ordained by God himself, and pronounced by men under the influence of his Spirit; or they were predictions of certain evils which would happen to individuals, or to a people, uttered in the form of imprecations. They were not the effects of passion, impatience, or revenge; and, therefore, were not things condemned by God in his law, like the cursing mentioned, Ex 21:17; 22:28; Le 19:14.
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And he said, "Cursed [be] Canaan, a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers."
Cursed be their anger, for [it is] fierce, and their wrath, for [it is] cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and I will scatter them in Israel.
" 'And one who curses his father or his mother will surely be put to death.
" 'You will not curse God, and you will not curse a leader among your people.
You shall not curse [the] deaf, and you shall not put a stumbling block {before} a blind person, but you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.
'Cursed be the man that makes a divine image or a cast image, [which is] a detestable thing for Yahweh, the work of the hand of a skilled craftsman, and [then] sets [it] in a hiding place.' And {all the people shall respond}, 'Amen.' 'Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all of the people shall say, 'Amen.'