Deuteronomy 24:16
What does Deuteronomy 24:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 24:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers--each for his own sin, they are put to death.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Context
v.15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.
v.16This passage
v.17Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 14:5
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father:
- Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
- 2 Chronicles 25:4
But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
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