KJV King James Version
Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB World English Bible
‘Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASV American Standard Version
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother,—and all the people have said, Amen.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 27
13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.Exodus 21:17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Deuteronomy 21:18-21If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Proverbs 30:11-17[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.Leviticus 20:9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him.Matthew 15:4-6For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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