Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness. New Living Translation If you insult your father or mother, your light will be snuffed out in total darkness. English Standard Version If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. Berean Standard Bible Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness. King James Bible Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. New King James Version Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness. New American Standard Bible He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness. NASB 1995 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness. NASB 1977 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness. Legacy Standard Bible He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in the midst of darkness. Amplified Bible Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp [of life] will be extinguished in time of darkness. Christian Standard Bible Whoever curses his father or mother — his lamp will go out in deep darkness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Whoever curses his father or mother— his lamp will go out in deep darkness. American Standard Version Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. Contemporary English Version Children who curse their parents will go to the land of darkness long before their time. English Revised Version Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. GOD'S WORD® Translation The lamp of the person who curses his father and mother will be snuffed out in total darkness. Good News Translation If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark. International Standard Version Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness. Majority Standard Bible Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness. NET Bible The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness. New Heart English Bible Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. Webster's Bible Translation Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. World English Bible Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. Smith's Literal Translation He cursing his father and his mother, his lamp shall go out in the midst of darkness. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness. New American Bible Those who curse father or mother— their lamp will go out in the dead of night. New Revised Standard Version If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be extinguished. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He that curses his father and his mother will extinguish his lamp as dark pupils. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. Brenton Septuagint Translation The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wine is a Mocker…19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips. 20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness. 21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.… Cross References Exodus 21:17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death. Leviticus 20:9 If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him. Matthew 15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ Mark 7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ Deuteronomy 27:16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ Ephesians 6:2-3 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), / “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Proverbs 30:11 There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. Proverbs 30:17 As 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. Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. Luke 18:20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’” 2 Timothy 3:2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, Romans 1:30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Treasury of Scripture Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. curseth Proverbs 30:11,17 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother… Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. lamp or candle Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Jump to Previous Blackest Blackness Curse Curses Curseth Darkness Extinguished Lamp Mother Night Obscure Pitch Puts Snuffed Time UtterJump to Next Blackest Blackness Curse Curses Curseth Darkness Extinguished Lamp Mother Night Obscure Pitch Puts Snuffed Time UtterProverbs 20 1. Proper LivingWhoever curses The phrase "whoever curses" is a solemn warning against the act of cursing, which in the Hebrew context is more than just using foul language. The Hebrew word used here is "קָלַל" (qalal), which means to make light of, to despise, or to treat with contempt. In ancient Israelite society, honoring one's parents was a fundamental commandment, deeply rooted in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:12). Cursing one's parents was seen as a severe violation of this commandment, reflecting a heart of rebellion and disrespect. This phrase serves as a reminder of the gravity of our words and attitudes towards those whom God has placed in authority over us. his father or mother his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness "Dilige non aegra caros pietate parentes; Hebrew Whoever cursesמְ֭קַלֵּל (mə·qal·lêl) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling his father אָבִ֣יו (’ā·ḇîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father or mother, וְאִמּ֑וֹ (wə·’im·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) his lamp נֵ֝ר֗וֹ (nê·rōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5216: A lamp, light will be extinguished יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ (yiḏ·‘aḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1846: To be extinguished, to expire, be dried up in deepest בֶּאֱשׁ֥וּן (be·’ĕ·šūn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 380: The little man of the eye, the pupil, ball, the middle darkness. חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness Links Proverbs 20:20 NIVProverbs 20:20 NLT Proverbs 20:20 ESV Proverbs 20:20 NASB Proverbs 20:20 KJV Proverbs 20:20 BibleApps.com Proverbs 20:20 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:20 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:20 French Bible Proverbs 20:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:20 Whoever curses his father or his mother (Prov. 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