Parallel Verses
King James Version
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
New American Standard Bible
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Holman Bible
“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.
International Standard Version
"Fathers must not be put to death on account of their children's sin; nor shall children die on account of their fathers' sin. Each person is to be put to death for his own sin.
A Conservative Version
The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
American Standard Version
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Amplified
“The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; [only] for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
Bible in Basic English
Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
Darby Translation
The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Julia Smith Translation
The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers: a man shall die in his sin.
King James 2000
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Fathers shall not be put to death because of [their] children, and children shall not be put to death because of [their] fathers; each one shall be put to death for his [own] sin.
Modern King James verseion
The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin.
NET Bible
Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.
New Heart English Bible
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
The Emphasized Bible
Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor shall sons, be put to death for fathers, - every man, for his own sin, shall he put to death.
Webster
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
World English Bible
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Youngs Literal Translation
Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.
Themes
Execution » Who should not be executed according to the law
Personal responsibility » Responsibility of stewardship
Topics
Interlinear
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Muwth
'ab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 24:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consideration For People In Need
15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Names
Cross References
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
2 Chronicles 25:4
But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
Jeremiah 31:29-30
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
2 Kings 14:5-6
And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.