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Exodus 21:17

What does Exodus 21:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 21:17 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 curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He that curseth his father or mother, shall die the death.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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.

v.17This passage

v.18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

Cross references

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

  • 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.

  • Mark 7:10

    For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 30:11

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

  • Proverbs 20:20

    Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Matthew 15:3

    And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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