New King James Version
Leviticus 19:3
3‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall 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 children 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 keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God. 5‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will.
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 upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- Exodus 21:15“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely 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 who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
- Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
- 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.
- Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the Lord of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
- 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.’
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection 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! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man 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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