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


In Context

7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.

8 The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruined and the plateau destroyed, because the Lord has spoken.

9 Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste ; her towns will become desolate, with no one to live in them.

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

11 "Moab has been at rest from youth, like wine left on its dregs, not poured from one jar to another- she has not gone into exile. So she tastes as she did, and her aroma is unchanged.

12 But days are coming," declares the Lord , "when I will send men who pour from jars, and they will pour her out; they will empty her jars and smash her jugs.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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