Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 24

Deuteronomy 27:24

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:24, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:24 in other translations

BSB‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASVCursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT‘Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DARBYCursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBECursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.
WebsterCursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:24 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26

The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…

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Deuteronomy 27:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[is] cursedH779
מַכֵּ֥הma.Keh[one who] strikesH5221
רֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.hu<of> neighbor hisH7453
בַּסָּ֑תֶרba.Sa.terin <the> secrecyH5643
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand it will sayH559
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אָמֵֽן\׃\ \ס'a.MenamenH543

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:24

  • Numbers 35:31

    Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

  • Leviticus 24:17

    And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Exodus 20:13

    Thou shalt not kill.

  • 2 Samuel 20:9-10

    And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9-12

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

  • 2 Samuel 13:28

    Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

  • 2 Samuel 3:27

    And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • Exodus 21:12-14

    He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Deuteronomy 19:11-12

    But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • 2 Samuel 11:15-17

    And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
19:11,12; Ex 20:13; 21:12-14; Le 24:17; Nu 35:31; 2Sa 3:27; 11:15-17
2Sa 12:9-12; 13:28; 20:9,10

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 27:23

    Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:24

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:25

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

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Deuteronomy 27:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Maldito el que hiriere á su prójimo ocultamente. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maudit qui frappe son prochain en secret! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verflucht sei, wer seinen Nächsten im Geheimen erschlägt! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Maledictus qui clam percusserit proximum suum: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.