Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 20:9
9“Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him.
Leviticus 20:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him.
Context of Leviticus 20:9
7So consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Adonai your God. 8You are to keep My statutes, and do them. I am Adonai who sanctifies you. “Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him. 10“The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress should surely be put to death. 11“If a man lies with his father’s wife, and has uncovered his father’s nakedness, both of them should surely be put to death, and their blood should be on them.
Read all of Leviticus 20Leviticus 20:9 word by word
כִּֽי־אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְקַלֵּ֧ל אֶת־אָבִ֛יו וְאֶת־אִמּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת אָבִ֧יו וְאִמּ֛וֹ קִלֵּ֖ל דָּמָ֥יו בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 20:9
- Exodus 21:17“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
- Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’
- Leviticus 20:11“If a man lies with his father’s wife, and has uncovered his father’s nakedness, both of them should surely be put to death, and their blood should be on them.
- Joshua 2:19whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head and we will be innocent, but whoever is with you in the house, his blood will be on our head if any hand is laid on him.
- Judges 9:24in order that the violence done to Jerubbaal’s 70 sons might come due, so their blood might be laid on their brother Abimelech who slew them, and on the lords of Shechem who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.
- 2 Samuel 1:16David said to him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your mouth testified against you saying, ‘I killed Adonai’s anointed.’”
- 1 Kings 2:32Thus Adonai will return his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he—Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah—and killed them with the sword, without my father David’s knowledge.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Commentaries on Leviticus 20:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Curseth his father or his mother - See the notes on Genesis 48:12, and Exodus 20:12; (note). He who conscientiously keeps the fifth commandment can be in no danger of this judgment. The term יקלל yekallel signifies, not only to curse, but to speak of a person contemptuously and disrespectfully, to make light of; so that all speeches which have a tendency to lessen our parents in the eyes of others, or to render their judgment, piety, etc., suspected and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The Hebrew word for curses means "to make light of, treat with contempt." It is traditionally translated as "curse," meaning to call someone a vulgar or profane name. Parental authority was given by God, not chosen by the child (see Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 21:18–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-197-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy--The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongst the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israelites to follow the customs of their neighbors. It is to be understood, that, whenever mention is made that the offender was "to be put to death" without describing the mode, stoning is meant. The only instance of another…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 20
- 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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