Additional Laws
Deuteronomy 24:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.Cited in 2 Kings 14:6 and 2 Chronicles 25:4
- KJV
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- WEB
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- ASV
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- LSV
- Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers—they are each put to death for his own sin.
- YLT
- 'Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers — each for his own sin, they are put to death.
- DBY
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- DRC
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin.
- GNV
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.
- JPS
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- LXXE
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the sons shall not be put to death for the fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin.Gr. die in his own sin.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Aleppo Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads אִ֥ישׁ; Leningrad Codex reads אִ֥יש (“anyone”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹֽא־יוּמְת֤וּ אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים וּבָנִ֖ים לֹא־יוּמְת֣וּ עַל־אָב֑וֹת אִ֥יש בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ יוּמָֽתוּ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.Marks an anomalous form.
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται πατέρες ὑπὲρ τέκνων, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται ὑπὲρ πατέρων· ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἁματρίᾳ ἀποθανεῖται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PunishmentsBlood, Revenger ofStrangerAchanGoelAmaziahCourts, JudicialKings, Books ofJudah, Kingdom ofResurrection
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the…
- 2 Chronicles 25:4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be…
- Jeremiah 31:29–30“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth…
- 2 Kings 14:5–6As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king. Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the…
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