Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
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.
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,
NET Bible
his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.
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 man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment: 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place; 20 And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 21:2
Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;
Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.
Zechariah 13:3
And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.