Jeremiah 48:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently [with slackness, deceitfully]; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood [in executing judgment pronounced by the Lord]. American Standard Version (1901) Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. Common English Bible Cursed is the one who is halfhearted in doing the LORD’s work. Cursed is the one who restrains the sword from bloodshed. Catholic Public Domain Version Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord deceitfully. And cursed is he who prohibits his sword from blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood. |
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgement be; thyself hast decided it.
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
and say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
How canst thou be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given thee a charge? against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for the Lord, the LORD of hosts, hath a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.