Deuteronomy 27:25

In 11 translations

BSB

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

KJV

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

WEB

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

ASV

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

LSV

“Cursed [is] he who is taking a bribe to strike a person, innocent blood.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”

YLT

'Cursed [is] he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, — and all the people have said, Amen.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.

JPS

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.

LXXE

Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.Gr. to smite the life of innocent blood.

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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

אָרוּר֙ לֹקֵ֣חַ שֹׁ֔חַד לְהַכּ֥וֹת נֶ֖פֶשׁ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑י וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπικατάρατος ὃς ἂν λάβῃ δῶρα πατάξαι ψυχὴν αἵματος ἀθῴου· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, 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

• Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
• Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Exodus 23:7–8Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
• Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
• Micah 7:2–3The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe.…
• Proverbs 1:11–29If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
• Micah 3:10–11who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the…
• Acts 1:18(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
• Matthew 27:3–4When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.…
• Matthew 26:15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
• Ezekiel 22:12–13In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust…

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