10Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.


In Context

7 For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.

8 And the spoiler shall come on every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken.

9 Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

10 Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.

11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will send to him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

Jeremiah 48:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed [be] he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed [be] he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

48:10"A curse on him who is lax in doing the Lord 's work! A curse on him who keeps his sword from bloodshed!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

48:10Cursed is he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed is he Who is withholding his sword from blood.