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Deuteronomy 27:16
16‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New Living Translation (NLT)‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
Context of Deuteronomy 27:16
14“And the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel: 15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ “And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s landmark.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 18‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to wander off the road.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:16 word by word
אָר֕וּר מַקְלֶ֥ה אָבִ֖יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:16
- 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 who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
- Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:17“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 19:3‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
- Ezekiel 22:7In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
- Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Setteth light by his father or his mother - See the note on Exodus 20:12.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16dishonors his father or mother: In Israel’s understanding, duty to parents came just after duty to God (see 5:16). To treat one’s parents with disrespect or disobedience was a serious offense. It closely reflected a lack of respect for God himself.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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