Leviticus 19:14

Leviticus 19:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 19:14

12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:14 word by word

לֹא־תְקַלֵּ֣ל חֵרֵ֔שׁ וְלִפְנֵ֣י עִוֵּ֔ר לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן מִכְשֹׁ֑ל וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• curseקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• deafחֵרֵשׁchêrêsh · deafH2795
• putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• stumblingblockמִכְשׁוֹלmikshôl mikshôl · stumblingH4383
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• blindעִוֵּר‛ivvêr · blindH5787
• fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:14

• Deuteronomy 27:18Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Romans 12:14Bless them who persecute you: bless, and curse not.
• Romans 14:13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
• 1 Corinthians 8:8But food commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
• 1 Corinthians 10:32Give no offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
• Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality.
• Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 25:17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
• Genesis 42:18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
• Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me had laid a burden upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
• 1 Peter 1:17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
• 1 Peter 2:17Honour all men . Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thou shalt not curse the deaf - Or speak evil of him, because he cannot hear, and so cannot vindicate his own character. Nor put a stumbling - block before the blind - He who is capable of doing this, must have a heart cased with cruelty. The spirit and design of these precepts are, that no man shall in any case take advantage of the ignorance, simplicity, or inexperience of his neighbor, but in all things do to his neighbor as he would, on a change of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The meaning appears to be, “Thou shalt not utter curses to the deaf because he cannot hear thee, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind because he cannot see thee (compare Deuteronomy 27:18), but thou shalt remember that though the weak and poor cannot resist, nor the deaf hear, nor the blind see, God is strong, and sees and hears all that thou doest.” Compare Job 29:15.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14People who could not hear and people who could not see were vulnerable. Others could easily mistreat them. God told the Israelites not to take advantage of them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1611-16. Ye shall not steal--A variety of social duties are inculcated in this passage, chiefly in reference to common and little-thought-of vices to which mankind are exceedingly prone; such as committing petty frauds, or not scrupling to violate truth in transactions of business, ridiculing bodily infirmities, or circulating stories to the prejudice of others. In opposition to these bad habits, a spirit of humanity and brotherly kindness is strongly…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:14

• Blind
• Deafness
• Fear of God
• Justice
• Malice
• Stumbling

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Blind
• Corner
• Curse
• Dead
• Deal
• Divers
• Gender
• Husband

Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings