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Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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אָר֗וּרarurto execrateאָרַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “to execrate”, a verb used as a describing wordH779to execrate[idiom] bitterly curse.עֹשֶׂ֛הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מְלֶ֥אכֶתmelekhetwork , -manshipמְלָאכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “work , -manship”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4399properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).רְמִיָּ֑הremiyahdeceitרְמִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deceit”, the ordinary formH7423remissness, treacherydeceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.וְאָר֕וּרvearurand to execrateאָרַרconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and to execrate”, a verb used as a describing wordH779to execrate[idiom] bitterly curse.מֹנֵ֥עַmoneadenyמָנַעverb, qal, participle, absolute — “deny”, a verb used as a describing wordH4513to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injurydeny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.חַרְבּ֖וֹcharbvoknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.מִדָּֽםmidamfrom blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

“Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

Darby Translation

Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood!

Douay-Rheims

Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Ismael brought back all the people that were left in Massepha, and the king's daughter, whom the captain of the guard had committed in charge to Godolias the son of Achicam: and he went away beyond the children of Ammon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν Ἰσμαὴλ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν καταλειφθέντα εἰς Μασσηφὰ, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως, ἃς παρκατέθετο ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τῷ Γοδολίᾳ υἱῷ Ἀχεικὰμ, καὶ ᾤχετο εἰς τὸ πέραν υἱῶν Ἀμμών.