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 · 2000For 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 · 1611For 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 · 1901For 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 · 1949Every 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) · 1752He 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 · 1890Whatever 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
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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