Deuteronomy 24:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Fathers are not to be put to death for their children, and children are not to be put to death for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; only for his own sin shall anyone be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. Common English Bible Parents shouldn’t be executed because of what their children have done; neither should children be executed because of what their parents have done. Each person should be executed for their own guilty acts. Catholic Public Domain Version The fathers shall not be put to death on behalf of the sons, nor the sons on behalf of the fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers: but every one shall die for his own sin. |
However, he did not put their children to death, because #– #as it is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded #– #‘Fathers are not to die because of children, and children are not to die because of fathers, but each one will die for his own sin.’
The person who sins is the one who will die. A son won’t suffer punishment for the father’s iniquity, and a father won’t suffer punishment for the son’s iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous person will be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be on him.
Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son #– #both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel , were brought and thrown into the lions’ den #– #they, their children, and their wives. They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
But the king said, ‘You will die, Ahimelech #– #you and your father’s whole family! ’