Leviticus 19:32

Leviticus 19:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 19:32

30‘You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord. 31‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. ‘You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord. 33‘And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. 34The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32 word by word

מִפְּנֵ֤י שֵׂיבָה֙ תָּק֔וּם וְהָדַרְתָּ֖ פְּנֵ֣י זָקֵ֑ן וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the hoary headשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872
• and honourהָדַרhâdar · to honorH1921
• the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• of the old manזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
• and fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fear: revereH3372
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:32

• Leviticus 19:14You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
• 1 Kings 2:19Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother; so she sat at his right hand.
• Job 32:4Now because they were years older than he, Elihu had waited to speak to Job.
• Proverbs 16:31The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.
• Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
• Isaiah 3:5The people will be oppressed, Every one by another and every one by his neighbor; The child will be insolent toward the elder, And the base toward the honorable.”
• Lamentations 5:12Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.
• Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
• 1 Timothy 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,
• 1 Peter 2:17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Before the hoary head - See Clarke's note on Genesis 48:12.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32The outward respect due to old age is here immediately connected with the fear of God. Compare the margin reference.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32In ancient times, people respected the elderly for their wisdom (Job 32:7). Respecting the elderly also shows respect for God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 19:32

• Children
• Fear of God
• Manners
• Respect
• Reverence

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Old Man
• Age
• Corner
• Dead
• Deal
• Divers
• Gender
• Husband

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