Parallel Verses

King James Version

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

New American Standard Bible

Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

Holman Bible

Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

International Standard Version

Don't lie about a servant to his master, or that servant will curse you and you will pay for it.

A Conservative Version

Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

American Standard Version

Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Amplified


Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.

Bible in Basic English

Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

Darby Translation

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not slander the servant to his lord lest he shall curse thee, and thou wert guilty.

King James 2000

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.

Modern King James verseion

Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee also, and thou be hurt.

NET Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

New Heart English Bible

"Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

Webster

Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

World English Bible

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Youngs Literal Translation

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לשׁן 
Lashan 
Usage: 2

not a servant
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

lest he curse
קלל 
Qalal 
Usage: 82

Verse Info

Context Readings

Against Slander

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 23:15

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

1 Samuel 22:9-10

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

1 Samuel 24:9

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

1 Samuel 30:15

And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.

2 Samuel 16:1-4

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2 Samuel 19:26-27

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

2 Chronicles 24:22-24

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

Proverbs 11:26

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Proverbs 24:23-24

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 28:27

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Daniel 3:8-18

Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Daniel 6:13

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Romans 14:4

Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

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