Exodus 21:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ “Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Anyone who curses their father or mother should be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

Exodus 21:17 Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Exodus 21:18

“When individuals quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or fist so that the injured party, though not dead, is confined to bed

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 21:18

“If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him,

Deuteronomy 21:21

Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.