Exodus 21:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.”
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BSBPD
“Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 21:15 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
- Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
- 1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,
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