‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Parallel translations
- KJV Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- BSB ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- NKJV ‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
- NASB ‘Cursed is one who misleads a person who is blind on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- NLT ‘Cursed is anyone who leads a blind person astray on the road.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Lev 19:14“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
- Prov 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.
- Matt 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- Job 29:15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
- Isa 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Rev 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
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