Deuteronomy 21:19
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;
Deuteronomy 21:19 in other translations
| BSB | his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, |
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| WEB | then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place. |
| ASV | 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; |
| YLT | then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place, |
| DARBY | 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; |
| BBE | Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; |
| Webster | Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place; |
What does Deuteronomy 21:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 21:18-21
18-21. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:18-21
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…
Deuteronomy 21:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 21:19
- Deuteronomy 25:7
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
- Deuteronomy 21:2
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
- Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Zechariah 13:3
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 21:18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Deuteronomy 21:19
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;
- Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Deuteronomy 21:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces tomarlo han su padre y su madre, y lo sacarán á los ancianos de su ciudad, y á la puerta del lugar suyo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | alors son père et sa mère le prendront et l’amèneront aux anciens de sa ville, à la porte de son lieu; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so sollen sein Vater und seine Mutter ihn ergreifen und ihn zu den Ältesten seiner Stadt und zum Tore seines Ortes hinausführen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | apprehendent eum, et ducent ad seniores civitatis illius, et ad portam judicii, |