Exodus 20:12

Exodus chapter 20 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Context

v.11for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

v.12This passage

v.13Thou shalt not kill.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 1:8

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

  • Deuteronomy 25:15

    A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • 1 Kings 2:19

    Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

  • Proverbs 23:22

    Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • Mark 10:19

    Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

  • Malachi 1:6

    A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?