Deuteronomy 27:25

Hebrew Names Version

Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amein.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’

King James Version
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Lexham English Bible
‘Cursed be the one who takes a bribe to murder an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

English Standard Version
"‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

New Century Version
"Anyone will be cursed who takes money to murder an innocent person." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"

New English Translation
‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

Amplified Bible
'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

New American Standard Bible
'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to attack an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to strike down innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘A curse on anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'

Darby Translation
Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally [shedding] innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who takes money to kill an innocent person!' "Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

George Lamsa Translation
Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say. Amen.

Good News Translation
"‘God's curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent person.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'

Literal Translation
Cursed is he who takes a bribe to strike a life, to shed innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cursed be he, that receaueth giftes to slaye the soule of innocent bloude. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

American Standard Version
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay 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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to slay the soule of innocent blood, and all the people shall say, Amen.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.

King James Version (1611)
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

English Revised Version
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Berean Standard Bible
'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Cursid is he that takith yiftis, that he smyte the lijf of innocent blood; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!

Young's Literal Translation
`Cursed [is] he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Update Bible Version
Cursed be he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Webster's Bible Translation
Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.

World English Bible
Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen.

New King James Version
"Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.' "And all the people shall say, "Amen!'

New Living Translation
‘Cursed is anyone who accepts payment to kill an innocent person.' And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'

New Life Bible
‘Cursed is the one who receives pay to kill a person who is not guilty.' Then all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'

New Revised Standard
"Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood." All the people shall say, "Amen!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall say - Amen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Revised Standard Version
"'Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Moshe charged the people the same day, saying, ¹² These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Yarden: Shim`on, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin. <sup>13</sup> These shall stand on Mount `Eval for the curse: Re'uven, Gad, and Asher, and Zevulun, Dan, and Naftali. ¹⁴ The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Yisra'el with a loud voice, ¹⁵ Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amein. ¹⁶ Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amein. ¹⁷ Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amein. ¹⁸ Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amein. ¹⁹ Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amein. ²⁰ Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amein.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 10:17, Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:7, Exodus 23:8, Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 1:11-29, Ezekiel 22:12, Ezekiel 22:13, Micah 3:10, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:2, Micah 7:3, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:4, Acts 1:18

Reciprocal: Proverbs 6:17 - and hands

Cross-References

Genesis 27:4
Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person,.... As an assassin, to murder him privately; or as a judge, that takes a bribe to condemn to death an innocent person: so Aben Ezra observes, that according to the sense of some a judge is meant; but, says he, in my opinion a false witness; one that swears a man's life away for the sake of a reward given him:

and all the people shall say Amen; at so detestable a crime.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.

Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13

The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are added to the latter from the descendants of the wives, that of Reuben, probably because he forfeited his primogeniture Genesis 49:4; and of Zebulun, apparently because he was the youngest son of Leah.

The transaction presents itself as a solemn renewal of the covenant made by God with Abraham and Isaac, but more especially with Jacob and his family. Accordingly the genealogical basis of the “twelve patriarchs” (compare Acts 7:12; Revelation 7:4 ff), the sons of Jacob, is here assumed. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh are merged in the name of Joseph, their father; and Levi regains on this occasion his place collaterally with the others. “The Levites” of Deuteronomy 27:14 are no doubt “the priests the Levites” (compareJoshua 8:33; Joshua 8:33), in whom the ministerial character attaching to the tribe was more particularly manifested. It is noteworthy that the group of tribes which stood on Gerizim far exceeded the other in numbers and in importance, thus perhaps indicating that even by the Law the blessing should at length prevail.

Deuteronomy 27:15

The “Amen” attested the conviction of the utterers that the sentences to which they responded were true, just, and certain; so in Numbers 5:22, and in our own Commination Office, which is modelled after this ordinance of Moses.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Twelve curses against transgressions of the covenant. The first eleven are directed against special sins which are selected by way of example, the last comprehensively sums up in general terms and condemns all and every offence against God’s Law. Compare the marginal references.