Deuteronomy 27:18

King James Version

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
"‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Update Bible Version
Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

English Revised Version
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

New Century Version
"Anyone will be cursed who sends a blind person down the wrong road." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"

New English Translation
‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

Webster's Bible Translation
Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen.

World English Bible
Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen.

Amplified Bible
'Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Cursid is he that makith a blynde man to erre in the weie; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!

Young's Literal Translation
`Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Berean Standard Bible
'Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!'

American Standard Version
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Cursed be he that maketh the blynde to go out of his way: and all the people shall say, Amen.

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘A curse on anyone who causes a blind person to lose his way on the road.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'

Darby Translation
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who tricks a blind man into going the wrong way!' "Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.

King James Version (1611)
Cursed be hee that maketh the blinde to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen.

New Life Bible
‘Cursed is the one who leads a blind person on the road the wrong way.' Then all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'

New Revised Standard
"Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind person on the road." All the people shall say, "Amen!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that causeth the blind to wander in the way. And all the people shall say - Amen.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shal say: So be it.

George Lamsa Translation
Cursed be he who causes a blind man to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Good News Translation
"‘God's curse on anyone who leads a blind person in the wrong direction.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Revised Standard Version
"'Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.

Christian Standard Bible®
‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’

Hebrew Names Version
Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amein.

Lexham English Bible
‘Cursed be the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Literal Translation
Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way! And all the people shall say, Amen!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cursed be he, that maketh a blynde man go out of his waye. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

New American Standard Bible
'Cursed is one who misleads a person who is blind on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

New King James Version
"Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.' "And all the people shall say, "Amen!'

New Living Translation
‘Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who leads a blind person astray on the road.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, ¹² These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: ¹³ And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. ¹⁴ And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, ¹⁵ Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord , the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. ¹⁶ Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁷ Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁸ Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. ¹⁹ Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. ²⁰ Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 19:14, Job 29:15, Proverbs 28:10, Isaiah 56:10, Matthew 15:14, Revelation 2:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:12 - and I shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way,.... By directing him wrong knowingly, or laying a stumbling block in his way, Leviticus 19:14. The Targum of Jonathan is,

"that maketh a traveller wander out of the way, who like a blind man;''

who knows his way no more than a blind man does. Jarchi interprets it,

"that blinds in anything, and gives evil counsel;''

which leads men to take wrong steps, whether in things civil, or moral, or religious; all which are usually done privately:

and all the people shall say Amen; Leviticus 19:14- :;

Leviticus 19:14- :.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 27:18. The blind to wander out of the way. — A sin against the sixth commandment. Exodus 20:13; Exodus 20:13.