Deuteronomy 21:19

Deuteronomy 21:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
• New International Version (NIV)his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,
• New King James Version (NKJV)then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.

Context of Deuteronomy 21:19

17He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the neglected wife, by giving him two shares of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn. 18“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown. 20They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Deuteronomy 21:19 word by word

וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ ב֖וֹ אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְהוֹצִ֧יאוּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י עִיר֖וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֥עַר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shall his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and his motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• lay holdתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• on him, and bring him outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• unto the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of his cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and unto the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:19

• Deuteronomy 21:2your elders and judges are to come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.
• Deuteronomy 16:18“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Deuteronomy 25:7But if the man doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He isn’t willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.’
• Zechariah 13:3If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You cannot remain alive because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.’ When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents is recognized and effectually upheld (compare Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:15, Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9); but the extreme and irresponsible power of life and death, conceded by the law of Rome and other pagan nations, is withheld from the Israelite father. In this, as in the last law, provision is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-21Verses 18-21 Observe how the criminal is here described. He is a stubborn and rebellious son. No child was to fare the worse for weakness of capacity, slowness, or dulness, but for wilfulness and obstinacy. Nothing draws men into all manner of wickedness, and hardens them in it more certainly and fatally, than drunkenness. When men take to drinking, they forget the law of honouring parents. His own father and mother must complain of him to the elders of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2118-21. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son--A severe law was enacted in this case. But the consent of both parents was required as a prevention of any abuse of it; for it was reasonable to suppose that they would not both agree to a criminal information against their son except from absolute necessity, arising from his inveterate and hopeless wickedness; and, in that view, the law was wise and salutary, as such a person would be a pest and…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 21:19

• Children
• Church
• Court
• Fear of God
• Gates
• Government
• Punishment
• Self-Will

In the dictionaries

• Controversy
• Crucifixion
• Divers
• Gate
• Rebellious
• Wrought
• Atonement, Day of
• Child; Children
• Criticism
• Elder in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings