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

17On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of everything that he owns, for he was the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn. 18“If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he does not listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. 20And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us, he is thoughtless and given to drinking.’ 21Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall eliminate the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear about it and fear.

Deuteronomy 21:19 word by word

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

• then his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• shall seizeתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• him, and bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• him outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• to the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of his cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• at the gatewayשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of his hometownמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:19

• Deuteronomy 21:2then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the one who was killed.
• Deuteronomy 16:18“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Deuteronomy 25:7But if the man does not desire to take his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’
• Zechariah 13:3And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the Lord’; and his father and mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

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