Parallel Verses

Amplified


Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

New American Standard Bible

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

King James Version

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Holman Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

International Standard Version

Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.

American Standard Version

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Darby Translation

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Julia Smith Translation

Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old.

King James 2000

Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Modern King James verseion

Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

NET Bible

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

New Heart English Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

The Emphasized Bible

Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.

Webster

Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

World English Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
thee, and despise
בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 13

not thy mother
אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

References

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

21
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.
22 
Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.



Cross References

Proverbs 1:8


My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 30:17


The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.

Ephesians 6:1-2

Children, obey your parents in the Lord [that is, accept their guidance and discipline as His representatives], for this is right [for obedience teaches wisdom and self-discipline].

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you shall respect his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who dishonors (treats with contempt) his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Proverbs 6:20


My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;

Proverbs 30:11


There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

Matthew 15:4-6

For God said [through Moses], Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of or insults or treats improperly father or mother is to be put to death.’

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother [with respect and gratitude]’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of his father or mother must be put to death’;

John 19:26-27

So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, “[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!”

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