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Deuteronomy 21:18

Deuteronomy chapter 21 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If 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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

Context

v.17but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.

v.18This passage

v.19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The 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

    My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Jeremiah 5:3

    O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

  • Exodus 21:15

    And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Proverbs 29:17

    Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

  • Proverbs 22:15

    Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.