Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

New American Standard Bible

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’

King James Version

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Holman Bible

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

International Standard Version

Because God said, "You are to honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

A Conservative Version

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.

American Standard Version

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Amplified

For God said [through Moses], Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of or insults or treats improperly father or mother is to be put to death.’

An Understandable Version

For God said, [Ex. 20:12], 'Give honor to your father and mother.' and [Ex. 21:17], 'Whoever says bad things about his father or mother should surely be put to death.'

Anderson New Testament

For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.

Common New Testament

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Daniel Mace New Testament

for this is a commandment of God, "honour thy father and mother; and, he that curses father or mother, let him be punish'd with death."

Darby Translation

For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

Godbey New Testament

For God commanded saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die with death.

Goodspeed New Testament

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

John Wesley New Testament

For God commanded, Honour thy father and mother: and He that revileth father or mother, let him die the death.

Julia Smith Translation

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die.

King James 2000

For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

Modern King James verseion

For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.'

Moffatt New Testament

God enjoined, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

Montgomery New Testament

"For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death;

NET Bible

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

New Heart English Bible

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Noyes New Testament

For God commanded, saying, "Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die."

Sawyer New Testament

For God said, Honor your father and mother; and he that reviles father or mother, let him surely die.

The Emphasized Bible

For, God, said - Honour thy father and thy mother, and - He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For God commanded, saying "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and, He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

Webster

For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Weymouth New Testament

For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';

Williams New Testament

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

World English Bible

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

Worrell New Testament

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,'

Worsley New Testament

For God commanded saying, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him be put to death:

Youngs Literal Translation

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἐντέλλομαι 
Entellomai 
Usage: 10

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

τιμάω 
Timao 
Usage: 7

thy
σοῦ 
Sou 
thy, thee, thine, thine own, thou, not tr
Usage: 241

πατήρ 
Pater 
πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180
Usage: 180

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

μήτηρ 
meter 
μήτηρ 
meter 
Usage: 55
Usage: 55

κακολογέω 
Kakologeo 
Usage: 1

or
ἤ 
or, than, either, or else, nor, not tr,
Usage: 199

τελευτάω 
Teleutao 
Usage: 7

Context Readings

Human Traditions And God's Commandments

3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you? 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Cross References

Exodus 20:12

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 21:17

Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Leviticus 20:9

Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

Matthew 19:19

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Leviticus 19:3

Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

Proverbs 20:20

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Proverbs 23:22

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

Isaiah 8:20

Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

Matthew 4:10

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

Matthew 5:17-19

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, through faith make the law of no effect? in no way: but we make it clear that the law is important.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

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