Deuteronomy 27:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁶ “ ‘Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Cursed is anyone who belittles their father or mother.” All the people will reply: “We agree!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Cursed be he who does not honor his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:16 Cross References

Genesis 9:25

he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Exodus 21:17

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

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’ ”

Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:9

For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is upon him.

Deuteronomy 5:16

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.