Numbers 15:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that soul shall be completely cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Because they have despised the word of the Lord and broken His commandment, they must be cut off completely. Their guilt remains on them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because he hath despised{H959} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} and hath broken{H6565} his commandment,{H4687} that soul{H5315} shall utterly{H3772} be cut off;{H3772} his iniquity{H5771} shall be upon him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because he hath despised{H959}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, and hath broken{H6565}{(H8689)} his commandment{H4687}, that soul{H5315} shall utterly{H3772}{(H8736)} be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)}; his iniquity{H5771} shall be upon him.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde and hath broke his comaudmentes yt soule therfore shall perysh ad his synne shalbe apon him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE, and hath left his commaundement vndone: that soule shall vtterly perishe, his synne shalbe vpon him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because he hath despised the worde of the Lord, and hath broken his commandement: that person shalbe vtterly cut off: his iniquitie shalbe vpon him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde, and hath broken his commaundement, that soule therefore shalbe vtterly cut of, and his sinne shalbe vppon hym.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken -- that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity `is' on him.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Because he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
  • Prov 13:13 : 13 Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
  • Lev 5:1 : 1 And if a person sins, and hears the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he does not speak of it, then he shall bear his guilt.
  • Ps 119:126 : 126 It is time for You to act, O LORD, for they have regarded Your law as void.
  • Isa 30:12 : 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them:
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Lev 26:15 : 15 And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:
  • Lev 26:43 : 43 The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore he who despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given unto us His Holy Spirit.
  • Heb 10:28-29 : 28 Anyone who despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
  • 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 15:30
    83%

    30 But the soul who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native or a stranger, that soul reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Lev 18:29
    78%

    29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 23:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29 For any person who does not afflict himself on that same day shall be cut off from among his people.

    30 And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.

  • Lev 19:8
    77%

    8 Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Lev 17:9
    77%

    9 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD; that man shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

    15 Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 15:32
    77%

    32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.

  • Josh 7:15
    76%

    15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel.

  • Lev 26:15
    75%

    15 And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:

  • Gen 17:14
    75%

    14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

  • Num 9:13
    74%

    13 But the man who is clean and not on a journey and refrains from keeping the Passover, that same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he did not bring the offering of the LORD at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin.

  • Lev 24:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

    16 And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

  • Prov 13:13
    74%

    13 Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

  • Mal 2:12
    74%

    12 The LORD will cut off the man who does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.

  • Deut 17:12
    74%

    12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Ezek 17:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape.

    19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head.

  • Prov 19:16
    73%

    16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Lev 17:4
    73%

    4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

  • Lev 7:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

    21 Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Prov 6:15
    73%

    15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Jer 11:3
    73%

    3 And say to them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,

  • Job 18:16
    73%

    16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

  • Deut 13:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

  • Num 15:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35 And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

    36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Ezek 14:8
    72%

    8 And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Num 19:20
    72%

    20 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

  • Lev 7:25
    72%

    25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

  • Deut 28:15
    72%

    15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

  • Ezek 15:8
    72%

    8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord GOD.

  • Deut 28:20
    71%

    20 The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.

  • Ps 89:31
    71%

    31 If they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments;

  • Lev 5:17
    71%

    17 And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he did not know it, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his guilt.

  • Ps 28:5
    71%

    5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up.

  • Exod 30:38
    71%

    38 Whoever makes any like it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 20:3
    71%

    3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

  • Ezek 22:8
    71%

    8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths.

  • Deut 29:20
    71%

    20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
    71%

    21 And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD, Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

  • Zech 5:3
    71%

    3 Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on this side; and everyone who swears shall be cut off according to it on that side.

  • Jer 34:18
    71%

    18 And I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts:

  • Jer 9:13
    71%

    13 And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

  • Isa 30:12
    71%

    12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them:

  • Exod 30:33
    71%

    33 Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall be cut off from his people.