KJV King James Version
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
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Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 19
29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD.
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
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מִפְּנֵ֤יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeשֵׂיבָה֙H7872 · se.vahgreyheadedתָּק֔וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוְהָדַרְתָּ֖H1921 · ha.darto honorפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeזָקֵ֑ןH2205 · za.qenold: elderוְיָרֵ֥אתָH3372 · ya.reto fearמֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niIיְהוָֽה׃ פH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;Proverbs 16:31The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.Lamentations 5:12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they [were] elder than he.Leviticus 19:14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.Job 32:6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I [am] young, and ye [are] very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.1 Peter 2:17Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.Isaiah 3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
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