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Exodus 21:15

What does Exodus 21:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 21:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

Context

v.14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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v.16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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.

  • 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;

  • Proverbs 30:11

    There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

  • 1 Timothy 1:9

    as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • Deuteronomy 27:24

    Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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