Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 25

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:25, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:25 in other translations

BSB‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASVCursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT‘Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DARBYCursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBECursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
WebsterCursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:25 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 27:25 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.

אָרוּר֙'a.Rur[is] cursedH779
לֹקֵ֣חַlo.Ke.ach[one who] takesH3947
שֹׁ֔חַדSho.chada bribeH7810
לְהַכּ֥וֹתle.ha.Kotto strike downH5221
נֶ֖פֶשׁNe.fesha person ofH5315
דָּ֣םdambloodH1818
נָקִ֑יna.KiinnocentH5355
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 27:25

  • Deuteronomy 10:17

    For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

  • Psalms 15:5

    He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

  • Exodus 23:7-8

    Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Deuteronomy 16:19

    Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Matthew 27:3-4

    Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

  • Acts 1:18

    Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

  • Micah 3:10-11

    They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

  • Micah 7:2-3

    The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Matthew 26:15

    And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

  • Proverbs 1:11-29

    If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: …

  • Ezekiel 22:12-13

    In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

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10:17; 16:19; Ex 23:7,8; Ps 15:5; Pr 1:11-29; Eze 22:12,13
Mic 3:10,11; 7:2,3; Mt 26:15; 27:3,4; Ac 1:18

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Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 27:26

    Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Deuteronomy 27:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Maldito el que recibiere don para herir de muerte al inocente. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maudit qui prend un présent pour frapper à mort un homme, en versant le sang innocent! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verflucht sei, wer ein Geschenk nimmt, um jemand zu erschlagen, unschuldiges Blut zu vergießen! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Maledictus qui accipit munera, ut percutiat animam sanguinis innocentis: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.