KJV King James Version
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
WEB World English Bible
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
ASV American Standard Version
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Surrounding context — Exodus 20
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כַּבֵּ֥דH3513 · ka.vadto honor: honourאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָבִ֖יךָH1 · avfatherוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִמֶּ֑ךָH517 · emmotherלְמַ֙עַן֙H4616 · ma.anbecauseיַאֲרִכ֣וּןH748 · a.rakhto prolongיָמֶ֔יךָH3117 · yomdayעַ֚לH5921 · aluponהָאֲדָמָ֔הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodנֹתֵ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָֽךְ׃ סH9031 · kayou
Cross-references
Ephesians 6:1-3Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Colossians 3:20Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:Proverbs 23:22-25Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Leviticus 19:3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.Proverbs 30:17The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.Proverbs 1:8-9My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Matthew 19:19Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Luke 18:20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.Exodus 21:17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.Exodus 21:15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.Matthew 15:4-6For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.2 Kings 2:12And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.Deuteronomy 32:47For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.Deuteronomy 4:40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
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