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Leviticus 19:32
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You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of the old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord .
"‘Before old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.
"‘Show respect to old people; stand up in their presence. Show respect also to your God. I am the Lord .
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord .
'You shall rise before the gray-headed and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God [with profound reverence]; I am the LORD.
'You shall stand up in the presence of the grayheaded and honor elders, and you shall fear your God; I am the LORD.
Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lorde.
‘You shall rise up before the gray-haired and honor the aged, and you shall fear your God; I am Yahweh.
I command you to show respect for older people and to obey me with fear and trembling.
"‘Stand up in the presence of a person with gray hair, show respect for the old; you are to fear your God; I am Adonai .
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
"Show honor to old people. Stand up when they come into the room. And show respect to your leaders. I am the Lord .
"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord .
You shall rise up before an elder and honor the person who is older than you and revere your God; I am the LORD your God.
"Show respect for old people and honor them. Reverently obey me; I am the Lord .
“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am the Lord.
You shall rise up in the face of gray hair; and you shall honor the face of an old man; and be afraid of your God. I am Jehovah.
Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged. For thou shalt feare God: for I am ye LORDE.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.
Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dreade thy God: I am the Lorde.
Thou shalt rise vp before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and feare thy God: I am the Lord.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
Rise thou bifor an hoor heed, and onoure thou the persoone of an eld man, and drede thou thi Lord God; Y am the Lord.
`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and you shall fear your God: I am Yahweh.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of the old man, and you shall fear your God: I am Yahweh.
"You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
"Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged. Fear your God. I am the Lord .
‘Show respect to the person with white hair. Honor an older person and you will honor your God. I am the Lord.
You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old; and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord .
Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder, - So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God - I, am Yahweh.
Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the person of the aged man: and fear the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.
"You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.
"Show respect to the aged; honor the presence of an elder; fear your God. I am God .
'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 19:14, 1 Kings 2:19, Job 32:4, Job 32:6, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:29, Isaiah 3:5, Lamentations 5:12, Romans 13:7, 1 Timothy 5:1, 1 Peter 2:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:23 - General Genesis 31:35 - rise up Genesis 48:12 - he bowed himself Exodus 20:12 - Honour Leviticus 25:17 - fear 2 Kings 17:36 - him shall ye fear Job 29:8 - young men Ecclesiastes 12:5 - the almond Titus 2:2 - the 1 Peter 5:5 - ye
Cross-References
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.'
But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
And the first-born said unto the younger: 'Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
And they made their father drink wine that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shall rise up before the hoary head,.... Or "before old age" q, which may be discerned by the hoary or grey hairs upon the head; that is, before a grey-headed man, or an old man, and one was reckoned so when he was of seventy years of age; for so it is said r, one of sixty years is arrived to old age, and one of seventy to grey hairs. Fagius relates, that according to the tradition of the Hebrews, a young man was obliged to rise up when an ancient man was at the distance of four cubits from him, and to sit down again as soon as he had passed by him, that it might appear it was done in honour of him. And this was not only observed among the Jews, but anciently among Heathens, who reckoned it abominable wickedness, and a capital crime, if a young man did not rise up to an old man, and a boy to a bearded person s. Herodotus t reports, that the Egyptians agreed in this with the Lacedaemonians, and with them only of the Grecians, that the younger, when they met the elder, gave them the way and turned aside, and when coming towards them rose up out of their seat; and this law was enjoined them by Lycurgus, and which Aelianus u commends as of all the most humane. And this respect to ancient persons is due to them from younger persons, because of their having been in the world before them, and of their long continuance in it, and because of the favour and honour God has bestowed upon them in granting them long life, as also because of the experience, knowledge, and wisdom, they may be supposed to have attained unto: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan restrain this to such as are expert in the law; so Jarchi says, there is no old man but he that has acquired wisdom; but it seems not to be the intention of this law to limit the respect to such only; though it must be allowed that ancient persons, who are wise and good, are worthy of special regard, see Proverbs 16:31;
and honour the face of the old man; who for the wrinkles of it, and his withered countenance, might be liable to be despised. The Targum of Jonathan interprets it, the face of a wise man, which agrees with what is observed before; and so Jarchi, Ben Gersom, and other Jewish writers explain it; and the former asks, what is this honour? he may not sit in his place, nor contradict his words. All this may be applied to elders by office, as well as in age, to magistrates, masters, and teachers; and particularly, as Ben Gersom observes, this may admonish us to give honour to God, who is the Ancient of days, who always was, and ever will be:
and fear thy God, I [am] the Lord; who has commanded such reverence of ancient persons, and will punish for any marks of irreverence shown them; and who is himself to be feared and reverenced above all, being, from everlasting to everlasting, God, and whose name is holy and reverend.
q ××¤× × ×©××× "ante canitiem", Pagninus; so Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. r Pirke Abot, c. 5. sect. 21. s "Improbitas illo fuit", &c. Juvenal. Satyr. 13. v. 53, 54, 55, 56. t Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 80. u Hist. Animal. l. 6. c. 61.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The outward respect due to old age is here immediately connected with the fear of God. Compare the margin reference.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 32. Before the hoary head — Genesis 48:12; Genesis 48:12.
