Deuteronomy 27:16
 Deuteronomy 27:16 
New International Version (©2011)
"Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"

New Living Translation (©2007)
'Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'

English Standard Version (©2001)
“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Cursed is the one who treats his father and mother with dishonor.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, 'Amen!'

NET Bible (©2006)
Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Whoever curses his father or mother will himself be cursed." Then all the people will say amen.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Cursed be he that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

American King James Version
Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Darby Bible Translation
Cursed be he that slighteth 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.

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 is he who sets light by his father or his mother.' All the people shall say, '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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those who do such things. To each of the curses the people were to say, Amen. It professed their faith, that these, and the like curses, were real declarations of the wrath of God against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, not one jot of which shall fall to the ground. It was acknowledging the equity of these curses. Those who do such things deserve to fall, and lie under the curse. Lest those who were guilty of other sins, not here mentioned, should think themselves safe from the curse, the last reaches all. Not only those who do the evil which the law forbids, but those also who omit the good which the law requires. Without the atoning blood of Christ, sinners can neither have communion with a holy God, nor do any thing acceptable to him; his righteous law condemns every one who, at any time, or in any thing, transgresses it. Under its awful curse we remain as transgressors, until the redemption of Christ is applied to our hearts. Wherever the grace of God brings salvation, it teaches the believer to deny ungodliness and wordly lusts, to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, consenting to, and delighting in the words of God's law, after the inward man. In this holy walk, true peace and solid joy are to be found.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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".


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Curses Pronounced from Ebal
15Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. …

Genesis 9:25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."
Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 21:17 "Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
Leviticus 19:3 "'Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 20:9 "'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.
Deuteronomy 5:16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Ezekiel 22:7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.