Deuteronomy 21:19

What does Deuteronomy 21:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 21:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

then 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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then 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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

then 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;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

then 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;

Context

v.18If 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;

v.19This passage

v.20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 16:18

    Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

  • Deuteronomy 21:2

    then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

  • Zechariah 13:3

    And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

  • Deuteronomy 25:7

    And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.

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