Exodus 21:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

KJV

¶ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

WEB

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

ASV

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

LSV

And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

YLT

'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

DBY

And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

DRC

He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.

GNV

Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

JPS

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

LXXE

Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

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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

וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָבִ֛יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

LXX-Br

Ὃς τύπτει πατέρα αὐτοῦ ἢ μητέρα αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ θανατούσθω.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• 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…
• Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
• 1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
• 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.

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