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Curses Pronounced from Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:16

In 11 translations

BSB
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
KJV
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
WEB
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASV
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
LSV
“Cursed [is] he who is making light of his father and his mother.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
YLT
'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.
DBY
Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
DRC
Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
GNV
Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
JPS
Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
LXXE
Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אָר֕וּר מַקְלֶ֥ה אָבִ֖יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ἀτιμάζων πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, γένοτιο.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  • Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
  • Deuteronomy 21:18–21If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to…
  • Exodus 20:12Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
  • Matthew 15:4–6For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a…
  • Proverbs 30:11–17There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. There is a generation—how haughty…
  • Leviticus 20:9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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