‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 27:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 19:3 “ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
- Exodus 21:17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 21:18-21 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them, 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. They shall tell 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.” All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Leviticus 20:9 “ ‘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 himself.
- Proverbs 30:11-17 There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother. There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. “The leech has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’ Sheol, the barren womb; the earth that is not satisfied with water; and the fire that doesn’t say, ‘Enough.’ “The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
- Ezekiel 22:7 In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
- Matthew 15:4-6 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,” he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, contemneth: and this appertaineth to the second Table.
Or, contemneth: and this appertaineth to the second Table.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 27:16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by…
Deu 27:16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ver. 16. That setteth light.] That despises, undervalues, not only that curses, as Exo 21:17.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Setteth light; or, despiseth in his heart; or reproacheth…
Setteth light; or, despiseth in his heart; or reproacheth or curseth, to wit, secretly, as before; for if the fact was notorious, it was punished with death, Lev 20:9.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cursed be he that setteth light by his father,…
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father, or his mother,.... That secretly despises them in his heart, and by looks and gestures mocks at them in a private manner, unseen by others, Pro 30:17; for if he publicly cursed them, that was cognizable by the civil magistrate, and he was to be put to death, Lev 20:9. This follows next, as in the order of the ten commands, to that which respects the fear and worship of God; honouring parents being next to the glorifying of God, the Father of all:
and all the people shall say Amen; applaud the righteous sentence, saying, "so let it be".
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Light - Or, despiseth in his heart: or reproacheth…
Light - Or, despiseth in his heart: or reproacheth or curseth, secretly: for if the fact was notorious, it was punished with death.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Setteth light by his father or his…
Verse 16. Setteth light by his father or his mother.] See Clarke on Ex 20:12.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 27:16. That setteth light — Or despiseth in…
Deu 27:16. That setteth light — Or despiseth in his heart; or reproacheth or curseth secretly: for if the fact were notorious, it was punished with death.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Honoureth not. Hebrew, "curseth." Septuagint, "despiseth." See Leviticus xx.…
Honoureth not. Hebrew, "curseth." Septuagint, "despiseth." See Leviticus xx. 9. --- "Exodus xxi. 17., Moses proclaimed, He that curseth his father or (Hebrew and) mother, shall die the death." But here he goes still farther and denounces a curse on those who make light of (Hebrew makle, vilipendit) their parents; or, as Denis the Carthusian expresses it not amiss, on him "who does not honour, by shewing them obedience in due time, or by not relieving their wants as far as possible; and chiefly, if instead of honouring, he curses and uses opprobrious language towards them." "I have made this remark, says Amama, (p. 376,) "in order to admonish the Germans and the Dutch that this passage has been translated by Luther with too great carelessness, curseth, as if the same Hebrew word, kalal, were here used as in the text of Exodus. But those who are not too brazen, will confess that the Hebrew text, and the more accurate versions, require greater reverence to be shewn to parents. Etiam illi judicabunt qui nondum ære lavantur." This author, in his animadversions upon the Vulgate, often takes occasion to mention the blunders "of B. Luther," as well as of the Septuagint and other interpreters; for he seems to be satisfied with no version which has hitherto been published. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Cp. Deu_5:16, Deu_21:18 ff.; E, Exo_20:11; Exo_21:17; H,…
16. Cp. Deu_5:16, Deu_21:18 ff.; E, Exo_20:11; Exo_21:17; H, Lev_20:9. Setteth light by or dishonoureth, the opposite of honour, Deu_5:16.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Cursed be he that setteth light.—The first curse…
(16) Cursed be he that setteth light.—The first curse points to the first two commandments of the first table, and the second to the first commandment in the second table. If we mark off the first offence specified, secret idolatry—the only one which distinctly recalls the first commandment of the Law, and also the last general curse which embraces all transgression whatever, the intervening offences seem more easily arranged. We have duty to parents enforced (Deu_27:16) and the rights of neighbours (Deu_5:17), the blind (Deu_27:18), and the unprotected (Deu_27:19) come next. The next four precepts are all concerned with purity, first in the nearer, afterwards in the more distant relations (Deu_27:20-23). The last two precepts concern slander and treachery (Deu_27:24-25). Evidently the offences specified are examples of whole classes of actions; and the twelve curses may have some reference to the number of the tribes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Exo_21:17
cf. Exo_21:17
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses continues telling the Levites and the people what they must say.
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May the man be cursed
This may be stated in active form. AT: "May Yahweh curse the man" (See: Active or Passive)
who removes his neighbor's landmark
The full meaning of the statement can be made explicit. AT: "who takes land away from his neighbor by moving the markers on the borders of his land" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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curse
dishonor
ancestor
people of God
amen
neighbor
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:16 dishonors father or mother: In the various spheres…
27:16 dishonors father or mother: In the various spheres of human relationships, duty to parents ranked just below duty to God (see 5:16). To disrespect and disobey parents was just short of disrespecting God.
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