English Standard Version
Leviticus 19:3
3Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God.
Context of Leviticus 19:3
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God. 5"When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:3 word by word
אִ֣ישׁ אִמּ֤וֹ וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:3
- Exodus 20:12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:15"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 21:18"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
- Deuteronomy 27:16"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:11There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
- Malachi 1:6"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Hebrews 12:9Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
- Leviticus 26:2You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
- Exodus 16:29See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
- Exodus 20:8"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ye shall fear every man his mother, etc. - Ye shall have the profoundest reverence and respect for them. See Clarke's note on Genesis 48:12, and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:8, and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:12.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Compare Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:12; Exodus 31:13-14. The two laws repeated here are the only laws in the Decalogue which assume a positive shape, all the others being introduced by the formula, “Thou shalt not.” These express two great central points, the first belonging to natural law and the second to positive law, in the maintenance of the well-being of the social body of which Yahweh was the acknowledged king.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3I am the LORD (see Leviticus 18:2): These words divide chapter 19 into short, strong sections (19:3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37). Each use reminded Israel why they must obey God's rules.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths--The duty of obedience to parents is placed in connection with the proper observance of the Sabbaths, both of them lying at the foundation of practical religion.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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
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