Exodus 20:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Cited in Matthew 15:4, Matthew 19:19, Mark 7:10, Luke 18:20, and Ephesians 6:2–3

KJV

¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

WEB

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

ASV

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

LSV

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

YLT

'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

DBY

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Elohim

DRC

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.

GNV

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

JPS

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

LXXE

Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

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WLC

כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֑ךָ לְמַ֨עַן֙ יַאֲרִכ֣וּן יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιος γένῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἀγαθῆς, ἧς Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι.

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• Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 6:1–3Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
• Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
• Proverbs 23:22–25Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding. The father of a righteous man will greatly…
• Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
• Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
• Proverbs 1:8–9Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
• Exodus 21:17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
• Matthew 19:19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
• Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
• Luke 18:20You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
• Exodus 21:15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
• Mark 10:19You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
• 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…
• Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

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