Exodus 21:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.

New Living Translation
“Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death.

English Standard Version
“Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Berean Study Bible
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

New American Standard Bible
“And one who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

NASB 1995
"He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

NASB 1977
“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Amplified Bible
“Whoever curses his father or his mother or treats them contemptuously must be put to death.

Christian Standard Bible
“Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death."

Contemporary English Version
Death is the punishment for cursing your father or mother.

Good News Translation
"Whoever curses his father or his mother is to be put to death.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.

International Standard Version
"Whoever curses his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

NET Bible
"Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

New King James Version
“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

King James 2000 Bible
And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

New Heart English Bible
"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

World English Bible
"Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

American King James Version
And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

A Faithful Version
And he that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Darby Bible Translation
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

English Revised Version
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he that curseth his father or mother, shalbe put to death for it.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Who so curseth father and mother, shal dye the death.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to deth for it.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Young's Literal Translation
'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he making light of his father and his mother, dying, he shall die.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He who will revile his father or his mother surely shall be killed.

Lamsa Bible
He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
















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