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Deuteronomy 27:18

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

KJV

Maledictus qui errare facit cæcum in itinere : et dicet omnis populus : Amen.

Vulgate

Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ πλανῶν τυφλὸν ἐν ὁδῷ. καὶ ἐροῦσιν πᾶς ὁ λαός Γένοιτο.

LXX

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

ASV

אָר֕וּר מַשְׁגֶּ֥ה עִוֵּ֖ר בַּ/דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ/אָמַ֥ר כָּל הָ/עָ֖ם אָמֵֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
אָמֵֽן
'mn
adverb · 26×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עִוֵּר֙
'vr
adjective · 26×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 27:12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
  • Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Job 29:15 — I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
  • Lev 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Lev 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Matt 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
  • Prov 28:10 — Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.