Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 21:17 in other translations
| BSB | Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death. |
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| WEB | “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. |
| ASV | And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death. |
| YLT | ‘And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death. |
| DARBY | And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death. |
| BBE | Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death. |
| Webster | And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. |
What does Exodus 21:17 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 21:12-21
God, who by his providence gives and maintains life, by his law protects it. A wilful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provided cities of refuge to protect those whose unhappiness it was, and not their fault, to cause the death of another; for such as by accident, when a man is doing a lawful act, without intent of hurt, happens to kill another. Let children hear the sentence of God's word upon…
Exodus 21:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:17
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Mark 7:10-11
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
- Matthew 15:3-6
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 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.
- Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
- Leviticus 20:9-10
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. And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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Context
- Exodus 21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Exodus 21:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Igualmente el que maldijere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et celui qui maudit son père ou sa mère sera certainement mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wer seinem Vater oder seiner Mutter flucht, soll gewißlich getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui maledixerit patri suo, vel matri, morte moriatur. |