Deuteronomy 27:26

Deuteronomy 27:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law by observing them.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Context of Deuteronomy 27:26

24‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ 25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ‘Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 27:26 word by word

אָר֗וּר אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹא־יָקִ֛ים אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה־הַזֹּ֖את לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אוֹתָ֑ם וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ פRead the interlinear

• Cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• is he whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• does not confirmקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• by doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• them.’ And allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Amenאָמֵן'âmên · amenH543

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:26

• Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Psalms 119:21You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments.
• Matthew 25:41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
• 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha.
• Jeremiah 11:3and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant
• Ezekiel 18:24“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness.
• Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26That confirmeth not all the words of this law - The word כל col, All, is not found in any printed copy of the Hebrew text; but the Samaritan preserves it, and so do six MSS. in the collections of Kennicott and De Rossi, besides several copies of the Chaldee Targum. The Septuagint also, and St. Paul in his quotation of this place, Galatians 3:10. St. Jerome says that the Jews suppressed the word, that it might not appear that they were bound to fulfill All…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-26Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them. to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 27:26

• Amen
• Curse
• Instruction
• Law
• Quotations and Allusions
• Responsive Religious Service
• Reward
• Word of God
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Amen
• Gerizim
• Moses
• Plainly
• Reward
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Deuteronomy
• Justification

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings