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Exodus 21:15
Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
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Hebrew Names Version
"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
King James Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Lexham English Bible
And whoever strikes his father or his mother will surely be put to death.
And whoever strikes his father or his mother will surely be put to death.
New Century Version
"Anyone who hits his father or his mother must be put to death.
"Anyone who hits his father or his mother must be put to death.
New English Translation
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
Amplified Bible
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
New American Standard Bible
"And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.
"And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.
Legacy Standard Bible
"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Contemporary English Version
Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.
Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Whoever attacks his father or mother must be put to death.
"Whoever attacks his father or mother must be put to death.
Darby Translation
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Whoever hits their father or their mother must be killed.
"Whoever hits their father or their mother must be killed.
English Standard Version
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
George Lamsa Translation
He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Good News Translation
"Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.
"Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death.
Literal Translation
And he who strikes his father or his mother dying shall die.
And he who strikes his father or his mother dying shall die.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so smyteth his father or mother, shall dye the death.
Who so smyteth his father or mother, shall dye the death.
American Standard Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that smyteth his father or his mother, let hym be slayne for it.
He that smyteth his father or his mother, let hym be slayne for it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
King James Version (1611)
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall bee surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall bee surely put to death.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
English Revised Version
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Berean Standard Bible
He who strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
He who strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that smytith his fadir, ether modir, die by deeth.
He that smytith his fadir, ether modir, die by deeth.
Young's Literal Translation
`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Update Bible Version
And he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
World English Bible
"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
New King James Version
"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
New Living Translation
"Anyone who strikes father or mother must be put to death.
"Anyone who strikes father or mother must be put to death.
New Life Bible
"Whoever hits his father or his mother will be put to death.
"Whoever hits his father or his mother will be put to death.
New Revised Standard
Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.
Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.
He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.
Revised Standard Version
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
THE MESSAGE
"If someone hits father or mother, the penalty is death.
"If someone hits father or mother, the penalty is death.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
"He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
Contextual Overview
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death. 13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight. 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death. 15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death. 16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act. 17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death. 18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed; 19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well. 20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment. 21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
To smite either father or mother, in a manner which indicated either contempt or malice, or left marks of violence, was deemed a proof of so ungrateful and unnatural a disposition, that no provocation was admitted as an excuse, but the offence was made capital: nay, he who cursed his father or mother, who uttered imprecations, ill wishes, or revilings, against a parent, was included in the same sense; though few crimes were made capital by the law of Moses. The law of God, as delegated to parents is honoured when they are honoured, and despised when they are despised, and to rebel against the lawful exercise of this authority is rebellion against God. - Rev. T. Scott Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Deuteronomy 27:24, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 30:17, 1 Timothy 1:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Leviticus 19:3 - fear
Cross-References
Genesis 21:1
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
Genesis 21:14
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:22
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
Genesis 21:25
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
Psalms 63:1
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
Isaiah 44:12
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
Jeremiah 14:3
Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he that smiteth his father or his mother,.... With his fist, or with a stick, or cane, or such thing, though they died not with the blow, yet it occasioned any wound, or caused a bruise, or the part smitten black and blue, or left any print of the blow; for, as Jarchi says, the party was not guilty, less by smiting there was a bruise, or weal, made, or any mark or scar: but if so it was, then he
shall be surely put to death; the Targum of Jonathan adds, with the suffocation of a napkin; and so Jarchi says with strangling; the manner of which was this, the person was sunk into a dunghill up to his knees, and two persons girt his neck with a napkin or towel until he expired. This crime was made capital, to show the heinousness of it, how detestable it was to God, and in order to deter from it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The following offences were to be punished with death:
Striking a parent, compare Deuteronomy 27:16.
Cursing a parent, compare the marginal references.
Kidnapping, whether with a view to retain the person stolen, or to sell him, compare the marginal references.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 21:15. That smiteth his father, or his mother — As such a case argued peculiar depravity, therefore no mercy was to be shown to the culprit.
