Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 16

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:16, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:16 in other translations

BSB‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASVCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT‘Cursed is He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DARBYCursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBECursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
WebsterCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Setteth light by his father or his mother - See the note on Exo 20:12.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26

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…

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Deuteronomy 27:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[is] cursedH779
מַקְלֶ֥הmak.Leh[one who] dishonorsH7034
אָבִ֖יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.Moand mother hisH517
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand it will sayH559
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אָמֵֽן\׃\ \ס'a.MenamenH543

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:16

  • Leviticus 19:3

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Exodus 21:17

    And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  • Deuteronomy 21:18-21

    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: 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; 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. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Ezekiel 22:7

    In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • Proverbs 30:11-17

    There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. …

  • Matthew 15:4-6

    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  • Leviticus 20:9

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:18-21; Ex 20:12; 21:17; Le 19:3; Pr 30:11-17; Eze 22:7; Mt 15:4-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 27:15

    Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:16

    Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:17

    Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Deuteronomy 27:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Maldito el que deshonrare á su padre ó á su madre. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maudit qui méprise son père et sa mère! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verflucht sei, wer seinen Vater oder seine Mutter verachtet! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Maledictus qui non honorat patrem suum, et matrem: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.