Parallel Verses
NET Bible
his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.
New American Standard Bible
then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city
King James Version
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Holman Bible
his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate
International Standard Version
then his parents are to seize him and bring him before the elders at the gate of his city.
A Conservative Version
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
American Standard Version
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Amplified
then his father and mother shall take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown.
Bible in Basic English
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
Darby Translation
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Julia Smith Translation
And his father and his mother laid hold on him and brought him to the old men of his city, and to the gate of his place;
King James 2000
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Lexham Expanded Bible
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him, and they shall bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his {town},
Modern King James verseion
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place,
New Heart English Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
The Emphasized Bible
then shall his father and his mother, lay hold of him, - and bring him forth unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Webster
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
World English Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
Youngs Literal Translation
then laid hold on him have his father and his mother, and they have brought him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place,
Themes
Children » Parents, duty to » To teach
Children » Rebellious, punished by the civil power
Court » Civil » The gates of cities
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Places of holding courts
Courts of justice » Inferior » Held at the gates
Fathers » Duties of » To teach
Gates » Holding courts of justice
Home » special duties of parents » To teach
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Disobedience » Partents
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to (obey) parents
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to parents
Interlinear
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Yatsa'
Zaqen
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 21:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Rebellious Son
18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They must declare to the elders of his city, "Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say -- he is a glutton and drunkard."
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18
You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
Deuteronomy 21:2
your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse.
Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!"
Zechariah 13:3
Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, 'You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.' Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.