KJV King James Version
For 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.
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Leviticus 20:9
For 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.
WEB World English Bible
“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
ASV American Standard Version
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood is on him.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 20
6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.
8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you.
9 For 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.
10 And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man’s wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them.
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כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאִ֗ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיְקַלֵּ֧לH7043 · qa.lalto lightenאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אָבִ֛יוH1 · avfatherוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִמּ֖וֹH517 · emmotherמ֣וֹתH4191 · mutto dieיוּמָ֑תH4191 · mutto dieאָבִ֧יוH1 · avfatherוְאִמּ֛וֹH517 · emmotherקִלֵּ֖לH7043 · qa.lalto lightenדָּמָ֥יוH1818 · dambloodבּֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Exodus 21:17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.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 30:11[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.2 Samuel 1:16And David said unto him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.Judges 9:24That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.Leviticus 20:11-13And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.Leviticus 20:27A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.1 Kings 2:32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.Joshua 2:19And it shall be, [that] whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood [shall be] upon his head, and we [will be] guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood [shall be] on our head, if [any] hand be upon him.Leviticus 20:16And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
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