Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
A Conservative Version
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
American Standard Version
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Amplified
“Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the Lord your God gives you.
Bible in Basic English
Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
Darby Translation
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Honor thy father and thy mother, so that thy days shall be prolon upon the land which Jehovah thy gave to thee.
King James 2000
Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.
Modern King James verseion
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
New Heart English Bible
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
The Emphasized Bible
Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
Webster
Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
World English Bible
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Themes
Children » Should » Honor parents
Children » Were required » To honor their parents
Commandment » The ten commandments
The ten commandments » Enumerated
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
natural Life » Obedience to parents, tends to prolong
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 20:12
Images Exodus 20:12
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Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ten Commandments
11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. 12 "Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you. 13 "You shall not murder.
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
Exodus 21:15
"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
Exodus 21:17
"Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
Leviticus 19:32
You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.
Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:26
I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
Deuteronomy 4:40
Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.
Deuteronomy 25:15
You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.
Deuteronomy 32:47
For this is no idle word for you -- it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess."
1 Kings 2:19
So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah's behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king's mother, and she sat at his right hand.
2 Kings 2:12
While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.
Proverbs 1:8-9
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
Proverbs 20:20
The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
Proverbs 23:22-25
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 28:24
The one who robs his father and mother and says, "There is no transgression," is a companion to the one who destroys.
Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
Malachi 1:6
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
Matthew 15:4-6
For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'
Ephesians 5:21
and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.