Leviticus 20:9

What does Leviticus 20:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 20:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die. He hath cursed his father, and mother: let his blood be upon him.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.

Context

v.8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

v.9This passage

v.10And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 27:25

    And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

  • 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.

  • Matthew 15:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 27:16

    Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Proverbs 20:20

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

  • Proverbs 30:11

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

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