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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amen;   Children;   Curse;   Instruction;   Law;   Responsive Religious Service;   Reward;   Word of God;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Dishonouring Parents;   Filial Honour;   Home;   Honour;   Mothers;   Parents;   Respect;   Young People;   The Topic Concordance - Curses;   Parents;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Wicked;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ebal;   Gerizim;   Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Curse;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apostasy;   Blessing;   Curse, Accursed;   Kill, Killing;   Teach, Teacher;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Moses;   Murder;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Children;   Ebal;   Landmark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amen;   Ark of the Covenant;   Blessing and Cursing;   Covenant;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Child, Children;   Crimes and Punishments;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bond ;   Synagogue;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amen;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gerizim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Amen;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Curse;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostasy;   Covenant, in the Old Testament;   Relationships, Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blessing of Children;   Blessing and Cursing;   Father;   Judaism;   Mother;   Numbers, Book of;   Taḳḳanah;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
"‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'
Update Bible Version
Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
English Revised Version
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
New Century Version
"Anyone will be cursed who dishonors his father or mother." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"
New English Translation
‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'
Webster's Bible Translation
Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified Bible
'Cursed is he who dishonors (treats with contempt) his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He is cursid that onoureth not his fadir and modir; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!
Young's Literal Translation
`Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Berean Standard Bible
'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!'
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘A curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Easy-to-Read Version
"The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who does not show respect to their father or their mother!' "Then all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.
King James Version (1611)
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
New Life Bible
‘Cursed is the one who puts his father or mother to shame.' And all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'
New Revised Standard
"Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother." All the people shall say, "Amen!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Cursed be he that curseth his father & his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it.
George Lamsa Translation
Cursed be he who reviles his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Good News Translation
"‘God's curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Revised Standard Version
"'Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Christian Standard Bible®
‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’
Hebrew Names Version
Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amein.
Lexham English Bible
‘Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all of the people shall say, ‘Amen.'
Literal Translation
Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.
New American Standard Bible
'Cursed is one who treats his father or mother contemptuously.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
New King James Version
"Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.' "And all the people shall say, "Amen!'
New Living Translation
‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.' And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Contextual Overview

11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord , the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Exodus 20:12, Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 19:3, Proverbs 30:11-17, Ezekiel 22:7, Matthew 15:4-6

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:11 - General Genesis 9:25 - Cursed Leviticus 20:9 - curseth Deuteronomy 5:16 - that thy days Judges 17:2 - cursedst 2 Samuel 18:9 - taken up Proverbs 6:20 - General Proverbs 20:20 - curseth Proverbs 23:22 - Hearken Isaiah 45:10 - General Mark 7:10 - Whoso Romans 1:30 - disobedient Ephesians 6:2 - General Colossians 3:20 - obey 1 Timothy 1:9 - murderers Hebrews 12:9 - we gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father, or his mother,.... That secretly despises them in his heart, and by looks and gestures mocks at them in a private manner, unseen by others, Proverbs 30:17; for if he publicly cursed them, that was cognizable by the civil magistrate, and he was to be put to death, Leviticus 20:9. This follows next, as in the order of the ten commands, to that which respects the fear and worship of God; honouring parents being next to the glorifying of God, the Father of all:

and all the people shall say Amen; applaud the righteous sentence, saying, "so let it be".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.

Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13

The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are added to the latter from the descendants of the wives, that of Reuben, probably because he forfeited his primogeniture Genesis 49:4; and of Zebulun, apparently because he was the youngest son of Leah.

The transaction presents itself as a solemn renewal of the covenant made by God with Abraham and Isaac, but more especially with Jacob and his family. Accordingly the genealogical basis of the “twelve patriarchs” (compare Acts 7:12; Revelation 7:4 ff), the sons of Jacob, is here assumed. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh are merged in the name of Joseph, their father; and Levi regains on this occasion his place collaterally with the others. “The Levites” of Deuteronomy 27:14 are no doubt “the priests the Levites” (compareJoshua 8:33; Joshua 8:33), in whom the ministerial character attaching to the tribe was more particularly manifested. It is noteworthy that the group of tribes which stood on Gerizim far exceeded the other in numbers and in importance, thus perhaps indicating that even by the Law the blessing should at length prevail.

Deuteronomy 27:15

The “Amen” attested the conviction of the utterers that the sentences to which they responded were true, just, and certain; so in Numbers 5:22, and in our own Commination Office, which is modelled after this ordinance of Moses.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Twelve curses against transgressions of the covenant. The first eleven are directed against special sins which are selected by way of example, the last comprehensively sums up in general terms and condemns all and every offence against God’s Law. Compare the marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 27:16. Setteth light by his father or his mother.Exodus 20:12; Exodus 20:12.


 
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