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Curses Pronounced from Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:18

In 11 translations

BSB
‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
KJV
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
WEB
‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASV
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
LSV
“Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
YLT
'Cursed [is] he who is causing the blind to err in the way, — and all the people have said, Amen.
DBY
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way! And all the people shall say, Amen.
DRC
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.
GNV
Cursed be he that maketh ye blinde go out of the way: And all the people shall say: So be it.
JPS
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.
LXXE
Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אָר֕וּר מַשְׁגֶּ֥ה עִוֵּ֖ר בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ πλανῶν τυφλὸν ἐν ὁδῷ· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαός, γένοιτο.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Job 29:15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
  • Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  • Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
  • Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual…

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