Deuteronomy 27:16
What does Deuteronomy 27:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 27:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Context
v.15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
v.16This passage
v.17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:18
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;
- Leviticus 20:9
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.
- Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
- Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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