Deuteronomy 27:24
 Deuteronomy 27:24 
New International Version (©2011)
"Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"

New Living Translation (©2007)
'Cursed is anyone who attacks a neighbor in secret.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'

English Standard Version (©2001)
“‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'

International Standard Version (©2012)
"'Cursed is one who strikes his neighbor secretly. "Then all the people are to respond by saying, 'Amen!'

NET Bible (©2006)
Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Whoever kills another person secretly will be cursed." Then all the people will say amen.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Cursed be he that attacks his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

American King James Version
Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.

American Standard Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that secretly killeth his neighbour: and all the people shall say: Amen.

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

English Revised Version
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Webster's Bible Translation
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.

World English Bible
'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Young's Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 curse would be upon those who do such things. To each of the curses the people were to say, Amen. It professed their faith, that these, and the like curses, were real declarations of the wrath of God against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, not one jot of which shall fall to the ground. It was acknowledging the equity of these curses. Those who do such things deserve to fall, and lie under the curse. Lest those who were guilty of other sins, not here mentioned, should think themselves safe from the curse, the last reaches all. Not only those who do the evil which the law forbids, but those also who omit the good which the law requires. Without the atoning blood of Christ, sinners can neither have communion with a holy God, nor do any thing acceptable to him; his righteous law condemns every one who, at any time, or in any thing, transgresses it. Under its awful curse we remain as transgressors, until the redemption of Christ is applied to our hearts. Wherever the grace of God brings salvation, it teaches the believer to deny ungodliness and wordly lusts, to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, consenting to, and delighting in the words of God's law, after the inward man. In this holy walk, true peace and solid joy are to be found.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly,.... And kills him, and the murder is not known; the curse of God follows such, and overtakes them sooner or later. Some interpret this of smiting with the tongue, of secret backbiting and slander; so the Targum of Jonathan,"that smiteth with the third tongue;''or false accusation:

and all the people shall say Amen; as disapproving of and condemning such a practice, even slander, and especially murder.


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Curses Pronounced from Ebal
23Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Exodus 21:12 "Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
Leviticus 24:17 "'Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.
Numbers 35:30 "'Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
Numbers 35:31 "'Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.