Strong's Lexicon The cursing קְ֭לָלָה (qə·lā·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7045: 1) curse, vilification, execration he loved, וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like may it fall on him; וַתְּבוֹאֵ֑הוּ (wat·tə·ḇō·w·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put the blessing בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה (biḇ·rā·ḵāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1293: 1) blessing 2) (source of) blessing 3) blessing, prosperity 4) blessing, praise of God 5) a gift, present 6) treaty of peace he refused וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) to delight in, חָפֵ֥ץ (ḥā·p̄êṣ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2654: 1) to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of God 1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do 2) to move, bend down 2a) (Qal) to bend down may it be far וַתִּרְחַ֥ק (wat·tir·ḥaq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7368: v 1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away 1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant 1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far 1c2) to remove, put far away 2) (Niphal) loose v inf (as adv) 3) at a distance from him. מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. Young's Literal Translation And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. Holman Christian Standard Bible He loved cursing — let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing — let it be far from him. New American Standard Bible He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. King James Bible As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. Parallel Verses New International Version He loved to pronounce a curse-- may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing-- may it be far from him. New Living Translation He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don't you bless him. English Standard Version He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! New American Standard Bible He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. King James Bible As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. Holman Christian Standard Bible He loved cursing--let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing--let it be far from him. International Standard Version He loved to curse—may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others — so may blessings be far from him. NET Bible He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. American Standard Version Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. English Revised Version Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. Young's Literal Translation And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him. Cross References Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Ezekiel 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalm 109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. Psalm 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. Psalm 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Psalm 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. Psalm 109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. Psalm 109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 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