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


In Context

7 For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.

8 And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as Jehovah said.

9 Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

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

11 Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest is he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.

12 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.

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 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.