“Any person who curses [135] his father or his mother must be killed.
Proverbs 30:11 - Easy To Read Version Some people speak against their fathers. And they don’t show respect for their mothers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is a generation that curseth their father, And doth not bless their mother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is a class of people who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. American Standard Version (1901) There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother. Common English Bible There are those who curse their father and don’t bless their mother. Catholic Public Domain Version There is a generation which curses their father, and which does not bless their mother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. |
“Any person who curses [135] his father or his mother must be killed.
If a person curses {\cf2\super [28]} his father or mother, then he is like a person whose light stops shinning in the darkest darkness.
Listen to the things your father tells you. Without your father, you would never have been born. And respect your mother, even when she is old.
Any person who makes fun of his father or refuses to obey his mother will be punished. It will be as bad for him as if his eyes were eaten by vultures and wild birds.
“If any person curses [351] his father or mother, that person must be put to death. He cursed his father or mother, so he is responsible for his own death! [352]
The Lord All-Powerful said, “Children honor their father. Servants honor their masters. I am your Father, so why don’t you honor me? I am your Master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests don’t respect my name.”
Many Pharisees {\cf2\super [37]} and Sadducees {\cf2\super [38]} came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s anger that is coming?
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does things that show he does not respect his father or his mother!’
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, the first thing they need to learn is this: to show respect for their own family \{by helping their parents\}. When they do this, they will be repaying their parents or grandparents. That pleases God.
A person should take care of all his own people. Most important, he should take care of his own family. If a person does not do that, then he does not accept the \{true\} faith (teaching). That person is worse than a person who does not believe.
But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.