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Deuteronomy 21:18

Moses said to Israel: A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Church;   Fear of God;   Government;   Punishment;   Self-Will;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Home;   Ungrateful Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children;   Self-Will and Stubbornness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Father;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Destroy, Destruction;   Discipline;   Elder;   Family Life and Relations;   Teach, Teacher;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Children;   Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Father;   Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chasten, Chastisement;   Court Systems;   Economic Life;   Elder;   Mother;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Child, Children;   Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Family;   Justice;   Obedience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trial-At-Law;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Children;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jephthah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Child;   Crime;   Father;   Hammurabi, the Code of;   Mother;   Obedience;   Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alliteration and Kindred Figures;   Capital Punishment;   Eunuch;   Family and Family Life;   Father;   Fear of Man;   Majority;   Mother;   Sanhedrin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him,
Hebrew Names Version
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
King James Version
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:
Lexham English Bible
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey them,
English Standard Version
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
New Century Version
If someone has a son who is stubborn, who turns against his father and mother and doesn't obey them or listen when they correct him,
New English Translation
If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
Amplified Bible
"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,
New American Standard Bible
"If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he does not listen to them,
Geneva Bible (1587)
If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,
Legacy Standard Bible
"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he will not even listen to them,
Complete Jewish Bible
"If a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey what his father or mother says, and even after they discipline him he still refuses to pay attention to them;
Darby Translation
If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
Easy-to-Read Version
"A man might have a son who is stubborn and refuses to obey. This son does not obey his father or mother. They punish the son, but he still refuses to listen to them.
George Lamsa Translation
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastised him, will not hearken to them;
Good News Translation
"Suppose someone has a son who is stubborn and rebellious, a son who will not obey his parents, even though they punish him.
Literal Translation
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen to his father's voice, or his mother's voice; even though they discipline him, he will not listen to them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father, and mother, and whan they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe them,
American Standard Version
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;
Bible in Basic English
If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
King James Version (1611)
If a man haue a stubborne and rebellious sonne, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that when they haue chastened him, wil not hearken vnto them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them;
English Revised Version
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 though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them:
Berean Standard Bible
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother, or listen to them when disciplined,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If a man gendrith a sone rebel, and ouerthewert, which herith not the comaundement of fadir and modir, and he is chastisid,
Young's Literal Translation
`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --
Update Bible Version
If a man has 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 listen to them;
Webster's Bible Translation
If a man shall have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [who], when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them:
World English Bible
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;
New King James Version
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them,
New Living Translation
"Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.
New Life Bible
"If a man has a strong-willed son who goes against him and does not obey his father or mother and when they punish him he will not even listen to them,
New Revised Standard
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,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When a man hath a son, rebellious and insulting, who will not hearken to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, - though they chastise him, yet will not hearken unto them,
Douay-Rheims Bible
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:
Revised Standard Version
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they chastise him, will not give heed to them,
THE MESSAGE
When a man has a stubborn son, a real rebel who won't do a thing his mother and father tell him, and even though they discipline him he still won't obey, his father and mother shall forcibly bring him before the leaders at the city gate and say to the city fathers, "This son of ours is a stubborn rebel; he won't listen to a thing we say. He's a glutton and a drunk."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,

Contextual Overview

18 Moses said to Israel: A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished. 19 If a son is like that, his parents must drag him to the town gate, where the leaders of the town hold their meetings. 20 The parents will tell the leaders, "This son of ours is stubborn and never obeys. He spends all his time drinking and partying." 21 The men of the town will stone that son to death, because they must get rid of the evil he brought into the community. Everyone in Israel will be afraid when they hear how he was punished. 22 Moses said to Israel: If a criminal is put to death, and you hang the dead body on a tree, 23 you must not let it hang there overnight. Bury it the same day, because the dead body of a criminal will bring God's curse on the land. The Lord your God is giving this land to you, so don't make it unclean by leaving the bodies of executed criminals on display.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have a stubborn: Proverbs 28:24, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 30:17, Isaiah 1:2

obey the voice: Deuteronomy 27:16, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 21:15, Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 21:9, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 20:20, Ezekiel 22:7

when they: Deuteronomy 8:5, 2 Samuel 7:14, Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 22:15, Proverbs 23:13, Proverbs 23:14, Proverbs 29:17, Hebrews 12:9-11

will not: Isaiah 1:5, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 31:18, Ezekiel 24:13, Amos 4:11, Amos 4:12

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently Proverbs 1:8 - hear Proverbs 6:20 - General Proverbs 15:32 - heareth Proverbs 19:26 - wasteth Proverbs 23:22 - Hearken Matthew 15:4 - He Romans 1:30 - disobedient Ephesians 6:1 - obey Colossians 3:20 - obey

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
I will give you a son, who will be called Ishmael, because I have heard your cry for help. And later I will give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all.
Genesis 17:20
I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make his family a great nation.
Genesis 21:12
But God said, "Abraham, don't worry about your slave woman and the boy. Just do what Sarah tells you. Isaac will inherit your family name,
Genesis 21:13
but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation."
Genesis 21:18
Help him up and hold his hand, because I will make him the father of a great nation."
Genesis 21:29
and Abimelech asked, "Why have you done this?"
Genesis 21:31
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son,.... It is observed w that this law quickly follows, and is subjoined to that which relates to the marriage of a woman taken captive, because often from such marriages wicked and refractory children have sprung, and which they exemplify in the case of Absalom, whose mother they say David took in war and married: the character of such a son follows, and by which it may be known that he is stubborn and rebellious; stubborn in his nature, and rebellious in his actions; behaves contrary to the laws of God, and the instructions of his parents; what he should do, that he does not; and what he should not do, that he does; will not do what is commanded him, and will do what is forbidden him, notwithstanding all counsels, admonitions, and corrections given him;

which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother; is disobedient to the commands of either of them; see

Proverbs 30:17 and, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them; when they have reproved him by words, and corrected him with blows; the Jews understand this of scourging or beating by the order of the sanhedrim, after admonition given; it is said x,

"they admonish him before three (a court of judicature consisting of three judges), and they beat him; but it seems rather to respect private corrections of their own by words and stripes, which having no effect, they were to proceed as follows.''

w Moses Kotensis Mitzvot Torah, pr. affirm. 122. Kimchi in 2 Sam. 3. 3. x Misn. Sandedrin, c. 8. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents is recognized and effectually upheld (compare Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:15, Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9); but the extreme and irresponsible power of life and death, conceded by the law of Rome and other pagan nations, is withheld from the Israelite father. In this, as in the last law, provision is made against the abuses of a necessary authority.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 21:18-21. The stubborn, rebellious, gluttonous, and drunken son is to be stoned to death. - This law, severe as it may seem, must have acted as a powerful preventive of crime. If such a law were in force now, and duly executed, how many deaths of disobedient and profligate children would there be in all corners of the land!


 
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