KJV King James Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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Exodus 21:15
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
WEB World English Bible
“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
ASV American Standard Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Surrounding context — Exodus 21
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed:
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Proverbs 30:11[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.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:1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,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.
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