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Keep My Statutes

Leviticus 19:32

In 11 translations

BSB
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
KJV
¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
WEB
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
ASV
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
LSV
You rise up at the presence of grey hairs, and you have honored the presence of an old man, and have been afraid of your God; I [am] YHWH.
YLT
'At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
DBY
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.Elohim
DRC
Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
GNV
Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.
JPS
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
LXXE
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִפְּנֵ֤י שֵׂיבָה֙ תָּק֔וּם וְהָדַרְתָּ֖ פְּנֵ֣י זָקֵ֑ן וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ προσώπου πολιοῦ ἐξαναστήσῃ, καὶ τιμήσεις πρόσωπον πρεσβυτέρου, καὶ φοβηθήσῃ τὸν Θεόν σου· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Timothy 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
  • Proverbs 16:31Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
  • Lamentations 5:12Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
  • Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.
  • Romans 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  • Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
  • Job 32:6So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
  • Leviticus 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • 1 Peter 2:17Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  • Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
  • 1 Kings 2:19So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

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