I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. If he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the strokes from sons of men.
Deuteronomy 21:18 - Tree of Life Version “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father or mother. They discipline him, but he does not listen to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or his mother and though they chasten him will not listen to them, American Standard Version (1901) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; Common English Bible Now if someone has a consistently stubborn and rebellious child, who refuses to listen to their father and mother—even when the parents discipline him, he won’t listen to them— Catholic Public Domain Version If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience: |
I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. If he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the strokes from sons of men.
“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.
“Anyone who strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent with discipline.
A fool despises his father’s discipline, but one who accepts reproof is smart.
Discipline your son while there is hope. Do not set your heart on his death.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but a rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not a crime,” is a partner to him who destroys.
Correct your son and he will give you rest. He will bring delight to your soul.
There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!
Listen! Heavens, and hear, earth, for Adonai has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
For after I returned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I struck my thigh— I was ashamed and also humiliated, for I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
But this people have a stubborn and rebellious heart. They have turned aside and gone away.
Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.
Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
“Each one of you is to respect his mother and his father, and keep My Shabbatot. I am Adonai your God.
“The daughter of any kohen, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, profanes her father. She is to be burned with fire.
Then his father and mother are to grab hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city—to the gate of his place.
‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
Now you know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Adonai your God disciplines you.
For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse on themselves yet he did not rebuke them.